Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Let us be what We Are!!!!!!!

A good number of us are trying to be what we are not or not called to be...we just want to be the Other....who has his unique call and vocation....we are given our unique mission and we need to be faithful to it.....be happy in what you are called to be....trying to put one someone else....is like a false mask which will wear off soon.....let us give those positive responses to the mission to be what we are called to be......
 Let us not fill our lives with depression, malice, in short the negative emotions.....which handled well could be useful....but normally we would like to have bliss, happiness and joyful which unique being human
 Meeting people in various places...i have come to understand that many of these so called well to do people suffer from lack of peace and contentment ...there is the absence of true joy and happiness...some of them bury themselves in things and pleasures which their money can buy but at the end of the day....nothing remains....but feel and experience the vacuum.....this gap has to be filled with another stronger dose of materialism....how long we can go on.....emotions dry.....
 We need to be faithful to our core....the search should begin at one point of our lives....never late...but realisation and acceptance of that which makes us truly human....dont give up the search....just hang in there....it is just there....few attempts of self-confidence will get us there...
 False Identity gets us nowhere but towards destruction of our real self....the more we believe in our false self...the more we get confused and evade ourselves from the real Identity....to protect the false self we go to any extent to preserve it because we believe that it is the true Identity....learn to live what we are really...


Sunday, May 26, 2019

Concluded Classes for 8th Adoration Cloistered Monastery, Vellore, TN

It was very satisfying and learning and gaining a lot of experience and information about Franciscan spirituality....it was going back to the basics and also reminding myself about the classes in Antonianum....Rome...where I studied Franciscan Spirituality....
 It was 8th monastery and still I have four to go...but at the moment I am taking time off.....may be I may begin in July.....
 Sisters were full of joy to know something new and contended to review their knowledge about Francis and Clare....
 The Monastery surrounded by Hills....rocky hills so...it is very hot....in Vellore...
 Recreation with Sisters on the last day of the classes....

 Two senior sisters who are 93 each but ever active and participate in everything in the Monastery..
 Young ones are willing to learn something new.....encouraged them to read the books and conduct recollection and give a conference....
 It is not easy to find preachers to give talks every month.....
 Financially not very solid....but the generosity of the benefactors is tremendous....

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Adoration Cloistered Monastery, Vellore, Tamilnadu

10 hours drive from Pallayamkottai to Vellore....very hot climate....you can see that summer is very severe....people trying to beat the heat by walking under the shade of the trees....roadside small restaurants are packed....crowded ...people trying to avoid the heat.....or sunstroke....
 I reached early morning by 5.30am and a rickshaw was waiting for me ...the driver drove me to the Vellore Monastery about 5km....early morning but the heat was felt.....
 Reached the Monastery and at 6.30am celebrated the Sunday Morning Eucharist.....about 50 lay people...mostly doctors and nurses from the Vellore medical college and hospital.....it was refreshing to celebrate Mass.......but very hot....sweating profusely.
 After the breakfast met the Mother Superior.....planned the program for the week....we began the talks at 10am...four classes a day....I love and enjoy it.....
 After meeting the Mother Superior....there were two Nigerian men, father and son...wanted my blessing.....I prayed over....while speaking to them....they said that the son has some serious brain issues....they are here for last one month....the doctors have not admitted the young man....a mechanical engineer....waiting for the results of tests to come....meanwhile these two men are concerned as their money is running short....desperatly wanting the surgery to happen as early as possible.....I know what it means to be in a foreign land....especially when you have just limited money...raised by family and friends....they are worried....I prayed and said trust in the Lord....everything going to be alright....please pray for this young man...confused and disturbed....the father is broken....
 The monastery is at the foot of a rocky hill....the heat is more....less water....no rains....but the sisters...keep the rhythm of life....people visit the blessed sacrament....normal life goes on,....the trust in the Lord is seen.....
 The saints and mother Mary's grotto remind you that this is a holy place....deep silence....you can hear every now then the singing of the birds,,,,,,

Friday, May 17, 2019

Classes to Cloistered Adoration sisters.........

 Every act of kindness, is a seed that will produce a harvest, in your own life, in return. Sow kindness and reap, a harvest of blessing! 
Don't personalize or internalize other people's behavior. What they do, is not a reflection of you. Their actions, represent them and where they are, in their growth. Just observe, instead of getting caught up and overreacting emotionally. ~ Idil Ahmed
You will not remember, how much money you made, throughout your career.



However, you will remember, every single person, that graciously opened a career door, for you. 

Opening doors for others, is important and meaningful work. Be a door opener. Be remembered.

 There is no chance or luck, when it comes to the law of attraction - you simply receive, what you're thinking and feeling. 
The people that stay happy, that don't fall into discouragement, are the people, that rule over their thoughts, the people, that keep their hopes up, the people, that know God is still on the throne.
 You cannot always wait, for the perfect time. Sometimes, you must dare to jump.
When you connect with people, who are good for you, you feel it. This is a big deal. Don't forget to acknowledge, how great it is to be, around someone, who lights you up. Thank you  Michael ! God bless
God isn't going to ask us, how often we shared our opinion or tried to change people. He's looking at how well, we loved people. Keep your eyes, on what matters most!
 Lifetime fulfillment, is a daily thing. You don't go to work, just to do your job, you go, to progress in your job. At the end of everyday, you need to close your desk, with a sense of fulfillment, achievement, confidence, of a day well worked & a day, well lived.


If you pay attention to the patterns of your life, you'll realize, that everything always works out. Everything always takes you, to a greater destination. You always grow & the things you think, you can't survive, you somehow divinely make it through. That's life.



Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Pallayamkottai Adoration Cloistered Monastery, TN

This monastery is just 6 years old. The sisters came from Vellor Monastery at the request of the Bishop of Pallayamkottai...Beautifully designed built....it is in the campus of the Bishop....so frequently visited by the Priests and Nuns and Lay people.....
 The sisters are blessed and surrounded by the Peacocks which flood their compound....the sound of the Peacock does not disturb them but invite them to praise and thank the Lord...
 It is very hot these days....hardly you see anything green outside the compounds of the cloister but within...yes all green...thanks to the Lord for the Ground water....which is plenty....
 I am taking some classes for the sisters in Franciscan spirituality....
 The sisters have three novices and two candidates....all together their number is 11 of them...
 Pray for them...as it is new...there are a lot of needs to be met....your generosity is most welcome..


Saturday, May 11, 2019

Bye to Nagercoil Monastery....Heading to Pallamkottai Monastery.......

 Selfi moment...after one week of silence and prayer.....bright and cheerful faces after having heard more about Francis and Clare....
 My birthday on 8th May was celebrated within four walls of Cloistered....smiles and wishes....songs ...young and old joined.....

 The external sisters served and took care of me very well...
 A group photo....ever smiling and innocent faces....
 Come again they all said in one voice....

 The young ones are providing necessary energy and spiritual vibrations....





Perpetual Profession of our Capuchin Brothers of St. Bonaventure, Maharashtra

God has been very good to our Province....every year about 5 to 6 brothers make their perpetual vows...it is happening since about 20 years....the province is growing numerically and spiritually too....the province is able to collaborate with two provinces in the Order that of Umbria and South Africa. 
 It was on 8th May that 6 brothers professed their perpetual vows in the presence of their parents, brothers and sisters....a good number of friars too were present.
 Br. Nitin our provincial secretary organized everything...he is an able administrator fruit of his MBA studies....

 Br. Provincial minister preached a fitting and apt homily for the occasion...the brothers were reminded that they are called for a fraternal living....as capuchin brothers to live Gospel way of live...
 The young ones....sang in angelic voices.....conducted the choir....
 six young men saying yes to the Lord to walk in the footsteps of Jesus as followers of Francis of Assisi

 We surrender all....all to thee Jesus....we surrender all to thee...