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55,00,000 Rosaries
and 30,000devotees of the
Mother
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DEDICATED FOR THE HOLY LAND
from 2011 Jan 1 to June 30
Intentions
For the conversion of Israel.
For the protection of the Holy places in the Holy Land.
For the souls of all those who died in the land of Israel
For world peace.
For the 30,000 devotees of the Mother and their needs.
SPIRIT IN JESUS, MARIAN KOODARAM,
Chiyyaram P.O., Thrissur, Kerala, India. Pin : 680 026.
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PRAYER
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“At Lourdes I appeared as the Immaculate Conception. I wanted to
confirm, through my words, the great privilege which the Lord has
granted me, exempting me from the power of Satan and of sin,
from the very moment of my human conception. Thus, I have
been conceived without original sin.
I am the Immaculate Conception. The Father
reflects in me the perfect plan which He had at themoment of the creation of the entire universe. TheSon takes flesh and blood from me for his human
birth, assuming a nature which has never been, noteven for an instant, subject to the power of theevil One. The Holy Spirit makes fruitful this, his
maternal and virginal garden, with the fullnessof all his gifts. The most Holy Trinity is well
pleased to reflect Itself in me.
I am the Immaculate Conception. This Iam for you, my poor children, so overwhelmed
by sin and evil, stricken and wounded by myadversary and yours, subjected to the gloomy
yoke of enslavement to him. And so, today Iinvite you to follow me on the road of innocenceand love, of prayer and mortification, of purityand holiness.
I am the Immaculate Conception. It is mymotherly task to lead all my children along the road
of mortification of senses, and of prayer, of purity andof charity. Only thus can you penetrate into the mysteryof love of my son Jesus. Jesus holds purity very dear. Only
to the pure of heart does Jesus reveal the secrets of his divine
heart. To little children of pure hearts, Jesus reveals the plansof his merciful love, which purifies and transforms everything.
Oh Mother, Most Immaculate, whohas never been subject to the power of the evil one, help us to follow you alongthe road of innocence and love, prayer and purity. Be always with us as our secure defense and heavenlyshepherdess. Amen.
The Immaculate Conception
To penetrate into the mystery of the life of Jesusand of his Gospel of salvation, you must live the
virtue of purity.
I promise never to abandon you, but to be ever your
secure defense and your heavenly shepherdess. I blessyou all in the name of the Father, and of the Son,and of the Holy Spirit.”
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There were quite a few children among the five hundred-odd
participants in a recently conducted retreat in Kerala. Some of them aged
five and six were just able to lie in the hands of their parents. Heads of a
few were twice the size of their bodies (torso).Some others were mentally
retarded and epileptic and bubbles of saliva oozed down from their mouths.
The state of two boys was pathetic. The body of one of them was riven at
several places; face, hands and even the eye lids. The body of the other was
full of abscess; because of constant unbearable itching, blood was about to
erupt at several places.
While praying for them a question arose in my mind. Where is the
new generation heading towards? We are living in a period when science
and technology has made rapid and unprecedented progress. Though we
have all the facilities to mould smart children, why do they head towards
perdition? If this is the state of the present generation, what would be the
status of the future generation? I met a couple who were married just five
years ago. They have two girl-children and both of them were retarded. I
felt really sad at the plight of the young parents. They started their life in
to CursesGoodbye
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great hope; but felt
disheartened and
weakened at the start
itself. What have we done
to have children like this,
they ask. We are ordinary
Catholics and have not
committed any grave sin.
Why do we have children
like this? Why have God
done this to us?
What would be the
usual answer to these
queries? Suffering! This
you should accept and
endure. They too know
that there is no alternative
for that. I do remember a
family where all the five
members were mentally
challenged. Since all the
five could not be
accommodated and
cared for under one roof,
the head of the household
disposed of the entire
property and put them in
five different centers
which take care of
mentally challenged.Their property was
disposed of for finding the wherewithal to support them. Their aged parents subsist in a
house in a five-cent plot all alone. This is the plight of many a household. Isn’t there a
remedy for this sorry state of affairs? Is there no arrangement for saving these poor people?
If there is none, then Christian faith would be hollow and useless and the assertion that
Jesus Christ is Son of God would be a travesty of truth. That would be equal to reducing
him to mere rubble and limestone.
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But the Bible tells that Jesus is not like that. He is Lord who healed all the sick who came to
him. He never sent any one of them to a mendicant or to a sorcerer for healing. He healed
every one of them. He healed many of them by ousting evil spirits from them. They were
healed when evil spirits went out of them. The deaf, dumb, blind, paralyzed and the
epileptic were healed like that. All the diseases and sufferings that the world endures these
days were present during the times of Jesus also. Jesus healed them by casting out evil
spirits from them. All those sicknesses are present even now. The deaf, dumb, blind,
paralyzed and those possessed by devil (mental patients) are at large these days. Nobody
heals them. Since Jesus is not present in people to cast out evil spirits, those who are born
with those ailments continue to live in them, die in them and the next generation inherits
them and damn in them.
In chapter 12 of the Gospel according to St. Mathew from verses 22 onwards we
read Jesus healing a boy possessed of a deaf and dumb evil spirit. Jesus healed the deaf
and dumb boy by casting out the evil spirit from him. Jesus proved that it was an evil spirit
that made the boy deaf and dumb. Similar instances abound in the New Testament. Jesus
healed a woman crippled (bent over) for eighteen years, by casting out the evil spirit from
her ( Lk. 13:10-17). What Jesus tries to convey from these episodes is that evil spirits are
behind these curses. People cannot be freed without casting out these evil spirits from
them. Though this has been vindicated several times, this generation considers them as
fiction. For them evil spirits do not exist and therefore the need for casting them out does
not arise at all! Was it not because evil spirits existed that Jesus gave authority to his disciples
to cast them out? Jesus gave authority to his disciples to cast out evil spirits and heal the
sick (Mt. 10:1).
In this respect verses 14 to 29 in chapter 9 of the Gospel according to St. Mark are
particularly noteworthy. A father brings his epileptic son to Jesus for healing. But the
father could not meet Jesus. Jesus then was on the mountain-top. He was on the
Transfiguration Mountain- Mount Tabor, accompanied by Peter, John and Jacob. It was
then that the father with his son reached the foot of the mountain for obtaining healing.
Since they could not find Jesus they sought the help of the disciples. But the latter could
not heal the child despite their best efforts. This might have led to an argument with the
Pharisees who seemed to have prevented the disciples by posing the question: on what
authority were they healing the boy? Jesus reached there at that juncture and asked them:
“What are you arguing about with them?”
From the crowd one person came forward and told Jesus “Teacher, I brought you
my son; he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak; and whenever it seizes him, it
dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your
disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so” (Mk. 9:17, 18). Why were the disciples of
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Jesus not able to cast
out the evil spirits?
And Jesus had “given
them authority over
the unclean spirits”
(Mk 6:7). And they
cast out several
demons and healed
many a sick people by
anointing them with
oil (Mk. 6:12, 13). The
disciples who had the
authority and
themselves had cured
many people failed to
cure this particular
epileptic patient. But
when Jesus cured him,
they asked him in
private the reason for
their inability to cure
that epileptic. Jesustold them “This kind
can come out only through prayer” (Mk. 9:29).
Prayer!! That is what the present generation woefully lacks. People just can’t pray.
Bound by diabolic forces they are unable to pray. When they participate in renewal retreats
they receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit. But while transacting in the world and enticed
by mundane forces they quench the Holy Spirit. Lure of worldly desires, lust, influence of
television and cinema quench the Holy Spirit. One who has transcended all these alone
can do service to the Lord. And this requires continuous, intense and tearful prayers. Thenstrive to obtain the fullness of the Holy Spirit through the ‘anointing services’. You will
grow, become enriched and powerful. We read in Mark 9 that the father brings his epileptic
child to Jesus. When the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on
the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. Jesus asked the father, “How long has
this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. It has often cast him into
the fire and into the water, to destroy him” (Mk. 9:20-22). Jesus posed a very pertinent
question “How long has this been happening to him?” And the father replies: “From
childhood”. During childhood a child becomes possessed by evil spirit! That exactly is
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what happened. Can a child be possessed by evil spirit? Can this possession which medical
science euphemistically calls epilepsy be cured with medicine? When Jesus cast out the evil
spirit the boy was healed, the Bible testifies. I have come across numerous people suffering
from epilepsy and living under medication. These medicines weaken the nervous system
and just sustain the patients under sedation.
Many have attained freedom from epilepsy by participating in the services of Spirit
in Jesus; several mental patients too. They are living testimonies. The Bible teaches that
evil spirits are behind epilepsy and mental ailments. Jesus has vindicated this through
every incident. It is because of our inability to understand, accept and learn the activities
of Jesus that many in our times remain in bondage.
How does an evil spirit possess a child? An elderly person is attacked and possessed
through sin. What sin a child has done to facilitate a possession? Science has proved that
the influence of previous generations passes on to the offspring. When a mentally ill or asthmatic person approaches a physician, the usual question the latter asks is whether
there is any similar case in the family. If the answer is in the negative with respect to
parents, then the question would go back to grandparents. This is because ailments in
most cases are hereditary. Heredity passes through genes. Ailments are therefore transmitted
through genes. Evil spirits influence ailments and in the case of some people, hegemonise.
That is why when evil spirits are cast out, ailments are cured. In Mark 9, the word ‘spirit’
is used several times instead of evil spirit. It definitely is not the Holy Spirit. If so what
spirit is it?
When we say that a person has curses, what we need to understand is that there are
bondages that prevent the flow of God’s blessings in his life. God is the God of blessings.
Satan blocks them. The influence of evil spirits prevents God’s blessings to accrue. If we
are able to cast them out God’s blessings would flow uninterruptedly and would benefit
future generations. Since the influences of the previous generations are transmitted through
genes we should pray fervently for obtaining freedom from them. Atonement prayers for
the sins of the previous generations would become a blessing to us by making them free.
Lamentations 5:7 says
“Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.”
Sins of the ancestors have come to us as iniquities, bondages, curses and blocks that prevent
God’s blessings. This generation would be blessed if tearful prayers for the atonement of
their sins are offered which would open the doors for their salvation. May God grant the
grace for that offering.
Tom Zacharia, Chief Editor.
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Some of the evangelists these days recommend
confessing the sins of the ancestors; a few among them
specifically mention “confession of the sins of damned
souls” though many do not specify what does the latter
mean.
We need not confess the sins of those who are in
the purgatory because their sins have been forgiven prior
to their death and they have died in the grace and
Pray for the salvation of souls of the ancestors
confessing their sins
A theologian in the
Catholic Church
friendship of God. Further
they have already obtained the
guarantee of salvation. (CCC
No. 1030)
Those who do not obtain
forgiveness of sins prior to
their death fall to hell. Since
we are not sure of where our
ancestors are in the purgatory
or hell, we may confess the
sins of all the ancestors who
have died.
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Is it necessary and proper to confess the
sins of the ancestors?
Since confession of our own sins is a
sacrament established by Jesus Christ
Himself, both the Catholic and theOrthodox Churches teach accordingly. But
there is no requisition by the Church for the
confession of the sins of the ancestors.
Though there is no formal requisition of the
Church, it is not improper to do so.
Moreover, it is satisfying and acceptable to
God. Those who do so are eligible to obtain
graces from God. In fact teachings from the
Holy Bible themselves form the basis of
sacramental obligations. The good works of
both the just and sinners done before God
that we encounter in the Bible are worthy
of emulation.
The confession and acts of atonement of
the Israelites for the sins of the ancestors
We read in chapter 9 of the Book of Nehemiah: “Now on the twenty-fourth day
of this month the people of Israel were
assembled with fasting and in sack cloth,
and with earth on their heads. Then those
of Israelite descent separated themselves
from all foreigners, and stood and confessed
their sins and iniquities of their ancestors.
They stood up in their place and read from
the book of the law of the Lord their God
for a fourth part of the day, and for another
fourth they made confession and
worshipped the Lord their God.”(Neh: 9:
1-3).
In the same chapter of Nehemiah, we see
from verse 6 onwards the Israelites
confessing the sins of the ancestors one by
one. It was Ezra, a priest and scholar of the
Law of Moses who confessed the sins of the
ancestors before God (Ezra 9:7).
Confession of the Maccabees
Chapter 12 of II Maccabees describes the
prayers, confession and acts of atonement
(2 Mc. 12:38-45).
When certain members of the army of Judas
grossly violated the First Commandment
and the righteous judge, Lord God rewarded
them death itself, Judas and his men prayed
and offered sin offerings in atonement.
Those dead warriors were not their
ancestors. Yet, how beautiful and worthy of
emulation was the supplications for
atonement of the remaining warriors offered
as representatives of the dead. Therefore, we
can certainly confess the sins not only of the
ancestors but also of all the dead relatives.
It was on the strength of their firm belief
that God would forgive the sins and save
“They were brought
down and not raised
up, because our nationsinned against the
Lord our God, in not
heeding his voice.
The Lord our God is
in the right.”
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The few lines that I write about the Mother of God may appear to be just a drop of
water in an ocean or a sand particle on a sea shore since through the centuries thousands
of people have come to know of the various dimensions of the devotion to Mary from the
various writings of several theologians, scholars and Her own revelations. Yet our
understanding is far short of the desired level, I feel. Can those who have known, understood
Catherine Mariam
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and loved the Mother of Jesus ever desert
her? Can She be rejected? If that takes place
then She is not known at all!
It is through chapter 1 of Luke in
the New Testament that the Holy Spirit
makes known the birth of Jesus. We shall
meditate on that part: ‘In the sixth month
the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town
in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin
engaged to a man whose name was Joseph,
of the house of David. The virgin’s name
was Mary. And he came to her and said,
“Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with
you.” But she was much perplexed by hiswords and pondered what sort of greeting
this might be. The angel said to her, “Do
not be afraid, Mary, for you have found
favour with God. And now, you will
conceive in your womb and bear a son, and
you will name him Jesus. He will be great,
and will be called the Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give him the throne
of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his
kingdom there will be no end.” Mary said
to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a
virgin?’’ The angel said to her, “The Holy
Spirit will come upon you, and the power
of the Most High will overshadow you;
there fore the child to be born will be holy;
he will be called Son of God. And now, your
relative Elizabeth in her old age has alsoconceived a son; and this is the sixth month
for her who was said to be barren. For
nothing will be impossible with God”. Then
Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the
Lord; let it be with me according to your
word.” Then the angel departed from her’
(Lk 1:26-38).
Read carefully the 27th verse: Angel
Gabriel was sent by God to Virgin Mary! It
was because Holy Mary appeared acceptable
to God more than everyone else in her
generation that God chose her to become
the abode of His son. Mary offers herself to
accept something which no woman engaged
to a man would ever do. Even when she
heard that she is going to be mother of God,
she spoke only two ‘words’: One, “How can
this be, since I am a virgin?(Lk. 1; 34). Two,
“Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it
be with me according to your word” (Lk.
1:38). The first one naturally comes from awoman untouched by man; but it also
reveals the eagerness to know God’s plan
being unfolded through her. The second one
relates to the complete surrendering to the
will of God.
The incarnation of God
summarized in just 13 sentences may appear
to be inconsequential. But we may realize
that the suffering life of Holy Virgin Mary
starts here. In these days Virgin Mary is
The angel said to her,
“The Holy Spirit will
come upon you, and the
power of the Most Highwill overshadow you;
there fore the child to be
born will be holy;
he will be called
Son of God.
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abused most banally. But what wrong has
she done to merit so much banal abuses and
that too from Christians? Is it because she
offered herself completely to the plan of
God? Is it because she forsook all the human
pleasures of life and endured silently much
more than what an ordinary woman could
hardly bear? Nowhere in the Bible have we
seen Mary making revolutionary
statements, rallying people behind Jesus, or
controlling and giving lead to his apostles.
On the contrary Mary’s life was one of deep
silence; and her ways - of prayers, tears and
abstinence!
Mary accepted the Word that God
the Father entrusted with her. She believed
the Word that she accepted; obeyed the
Word that she believed; protected the Word
that she obeyed; and gave to the world the
Word that she protected. Once I happened
to hear an evangelist asking the reasons for
giving so much importance to Mother
Mary; there is no reason whatsoever for recognizing, loving and respecting her; the
Bible does not require so!!
Those who reject Holy Mary may
realize that Jesus came to the world through
Mary; that He received body and blood
from Mary. Those who reject mother Mary
but at the same time claim that they need
only Jesus may remember that the blood of
Jesus on which they trust for the salvation
of their souls is in fact the blood of Mother
Mary. “The blood of Jesus his Son cleanses
us from all sins” (1 Jn. 1:7). The body of
Jesus crucified for you was formed in the
womb of Mary! The claim of those who
reject Mary but at the same time believe in
Jesus and stand in his name is similar to the
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of God, Jesus Christ would not have
attained the perfection of God. The word
of God says: “The Holy Spirit will come
upon you, and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you; therefore the
child to be born will be holy; he will becalled the Son of God” (Lk. 1:35).She
gave her whole life as a living sacrifice and
thus became perfect in every sense; it is
She who is despised and has become an
object of insult to the children of her Son.
Some people allege that She bore children
to Joseph after Jesus was born.
The world should recognize thatVirgin Mary is the mother of Jesus. She
who was chosen to become His mother
ever had a preeminent position in the life
of Jesus.
Those who reject the Holy Virgin
should have s closer look at her life. The
tongue and mouth of those who believe
in Jesus and proclaim the word of God
should be holy. One should discern the
spirit in the person who simultaneously
praise Jesus and despise His mother with the
same tongue. If you cannot love Her, if you
cannot accept Her, keep silence; since Jesus
said: “I tell you, on the day of judgment you
will have to give an account for every careless
word you utter; for by your words you will bejustified, and by your words you will be
condemned”(Mt. 12: 36,37).
To love Mary, you have to love Jesus.
You might think that there is God’s love in you;
that is true as well since God is love (1 Jn. 4:8).
Since God loves all, His love is in you also. Do
you--a believer in Jesus and an evangelist--love
Lord Jesus Christ? Do you give your love to
Jesus? You may have many things to tell in
support of your claim of love towards Jesus;
that you proclaim the word of God, work
tirelessly for it, work miracles and signs in his
name and endure much and stand for his name
and so on. What we may note carefully is that
only when one loves Jesus as Mary loved then
only his love becomes perfect.
Mary gave herself fully to God and
abstained from all pleasures of mundane life.
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She stood alongside Him till death, endured
alongside Jesus till crucifixion. There is no
love of Jesus in those who reject Mary, the
clearest evidence of which is their rejection
on very slight provocation of the holy
sacraments and Holy Mary branding her
as ‘devil’ and their self-exit from the Church
which till then has been their fountain of
life. To justify their action before the world
and thus save their face they interpret the
word of God according to their whims.
The word of God is unambiguous: “Love
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all
things, endures all things” (1 Cor. 13:7).When one stands for Jesus and the kingdom
of God, he should have in him the perfect
love towards God/ Jesus in order to
overcome problems and to endure pain on
the way. Only those who love Jesus could
love Mary. During the last hours of Jesus in
this world when every one of his disciples
ran for their own safety out of fear, John
alone stood beside Jesus. He stood at the foot
of the cross without fear and proclaimed
silently: Jesus I love you very much! And
Mary, mother of Jesus is the invaluable gift
that Jesus gave to the disciple who loved him
very much and whom he loved (Jn. 19: 26,
27). To love her, you should love Jesus as
John loved. Jesus who gave his life loving the
world now also looks eagerly as ever for those
who love him; how many people love my
mother through me. He will love you as heloved John since when you love Mary you
are accepting Jesus fully.
Mary, mother of Jesus and Lady of
All Nations, pray for us.
“Awesome is the Lord and very great, and marvelous is his power. Glorify the Lord
and exalt him as much as you can, for He surpasses even that.” (Sir.43:29-30)
My name is Simily. My son Jesbin was afraid of facing examinations while
studying in class 10. He and I joined the Rosary League and started praying the Rosary.
As a result he could take the examinations without fear and passed the same with
good marks. Hallelujah! I and my family are in league with the Spirit in Jesus
community. My husband was an alcohol-addict and suffered from frequent bouts of
epilepsy. After participating in the Spirit in Jesus retreat he took to praying the Rosary
and has been relieved of the addiction and ailment completely. Thanks to God. I have
participated in the Spirit in Jesus retreat three times. In the first two retreats I couldfeel the presence of the Holy Spirit as heat, cold, rain and wind. I have heard Sr.
Catherin Mariam telling us that the Holy Spirit sometimes stands beside us as a person.
And I had wondered over it. But in the retreat conducted at Kumily during November
2010 several times I felt the presence of the person of the Holy Spirit beside my left
shoulder. This has cleared my doubts. Thank you Lord. It was after coming to this
community that I learned to live the life of a Christian. I thank the Lord for all the
material and spiritual blessings showered upon us. Thank you Jesus, Ave Maria.
Simily Jestin, Thopramkudy, Idukki.
Testimony
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Having entered the phase of ‘renewal experience’ in my life I have been eagerly
running hither and thither to know what Jesus has to say about me. While awaiting a word
from him with bated- breath he spoke to me through a sister: “my grace is sufficient for
you’’ (2 Cor 12:9). In those days I did not know what ‘grace’ mean. No sooner I heard
“my grace is sufficient for you” than I felt a great in-filling of peace in my mind. ThoughI did not know what ‘grace’ was, I kept it like a treasure since Jesus only said it.
Prior to April 1995 I used
to think about God
during evening prayers
and contingencies only.
The moment I felt an in-
filling of the love of God
all my thoughts, day-in
and day-out, were about
Him only. Engrossed as I
was in the thoughts of the
world till then, Jesus
plucked me fully from
them and instilled in me
a feeling of abstinence
towards them all. Since
then he gave ample
opportunities to be in the
presence of the Holy
Sacrament and to read
about many a saint.
When I read from Maria
Valtorta that there are
only very few who love
Jesus for the sake of
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loving him I felt a longing to love
him and to endure for him. I
renounced everything--my body,
heart and soul--to Jesus.
From 1998 onwards I
have been suffering from Asthma.
The intensity and frequency of its
attack increased as days passed.
Though I tried all systems of
medicine--allopathic, ayurveda,
homeopathy and nature cure--
my ailment continued unabated.
But I had experienced abatement
in its intensity during the Rosaryprayer. That led me to the
conviction that it is the work of
diabolic forces. I began to
experience bouts of asthma
during a certain fixed time on a
particular day of the week. It
used to occur by sunset, then
gradually increase and reach a
culmination by mid-night; by that
time I would be gasping for a
breath; in the intensity of which
I used to scream out. I used to get
suffocated as if locked in a gas
chamber. When I start screaming,
members of my family then start
to say the Rosary prayer
penitentially standing on knees,
with stretched out hands and with
tearful eyes. By the time they
complete 153 beads of the Rosary
I used to feel consolation and
gradually elapsed into a slumber.
But when they stop the prayer and
proceed to go to bed, bouts of
asthma again would have started
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in me. I used to feel as if burning in fire; it
was excruciating. When I gasp for breath, I
used to remember and recite the last words
that Jesus said on the cross: “Father, into
your hands I commend my spirit.” Had
someone intruded into my house during
those times they would certainly have
reported the matter to police for not taking
one in death- agony to hospital. Asthma
patients usually get comfort while using an
inhaler. But in my case it was the opposite;
it worsened manifold when on medicine.
Even if I had an asthma attack
during night, I somehow managed to go for
the Holy Mass the next day morning. I felt
greatly relieved after receiving the Holy
Communion. Even though I felt
considerable relief due to prayer, the pain
was really heart – breaking; inside I felt as if
the churning lava is bursting out. In those
times I used to teach in a school. Prior to
each session I used to pray for the strengthto teach, thereby I could survive till 4 o’
clock.
While passing through this phase
many people in the ‘charismatic service’
revealed to me that Jesus wants me to
participate in a Spirit in Jesus retreat. Thus
I was blessed to participate in a service in
July 2001. I liked the service especially theRosary and sermons. But while resuming my
teaching assignment, a voice within me
persistently prompted that this one
(teaching) is not my vocation. Even though
the work atmosphere was good, both staff
and students, I felt rather disinterested;
everything seemed vain. A thought that ‘I
am not to be here’ disturbed me;
concurrently, bouts of asthma reappeared.
I felt as if Lord has been asking
something from me. To know that I spent a
full day in fasting prayer beside the tomb of St. Alphonsa promising Jesus that I would
obey whatever he told me. He wished that I
shall be in an ‘intercession prayer’ centre, I
understood. But that proposal I could not
agree with. To lead a prayer life along with
a profession, that was my liking. But
gradually I began to get convinced that I
could not pull on even for a moment,
disregarding God’s wish. The subsequent
days were spent in penitential prayer, for
God to reach me in the place where I ought
to be. God wants a complete consecration
from me, I understood. When a decision to
that end was made, bouts of asthma began
to ebb.
I had never prayed for the dead. Icould not just relish the idea of salvation of
people who have led a sinful life through the
prayers of others. After the Spirit in Jesus
retreat God gave me an idea about the
unseen world of souls; that one should
necessarily pray for the souls of the dead,
Lord taught me through numerous life-
encounters. Without praying for them, it
would be impossible to survive, that is the
truth of the matter. In those days they made
their presence felt through ‘knocks’ on the
door and in various other ways.
When I returned after a few months’
stay away from home, asthma also returned
in a big way. When I attempted to seek a
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prayer through telephone, members of myhousehold heard clanging of chains outside the
house. Suspecting it to be a dog let loose dragging
its chain, when they open the door to verify, the
sound seemed to go far and far. When they enter
the house again, that sound seemed to come near
to my bed room, they felt. There were chain-marks
in the courtyard and in the garden land the next
day morning; marks of the latch pierced into the
soil could well be recognized. When
a similar prayer request was made the
subsequent day, we felt someone
running around the house with
pebbles in a metal box clanging. The
shadow of a man could also be seen.
Subsequently I reached Marian
Koodaram.
I found there a large
community which crave for and strive
hard to live in holiness and that
pleased me a lot. While at home I had
thought that the asthma that I suffered
was the work of diabolic forces. But
once I participated in the Spirit in
Jesus retreat I began to get inkling into
the world of spirits. In fact I have been
vicariously experiencing the pain and
agony endured by spirits every time I
experienced bouts of asthma. On
those occasions I used to feel greatly
relieved when I saw people reciting the
Rosary for me. I felt a great love
towards them. When I felt burning
inside, those prayers appeared like
torrents of rain in a desert-like land
thirsting for water. It was the thirst
of every soul for prayer which they
could not do on their own, I
understood.
Even the very presence and
conversations with specially anointed
persons ( Bro. Tom and Sr. Catherine
Mariam) gave miraculous reliefs
instantaneously; I have also
experienced the in-filling of the Holy
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In the year 1858, between 11th February and 16th July, Our Lady
reportedly appeared 18 times to a 14 year old girl Marie Bernadette Soubirous,
in a cave at Massabielle near Lourdes in southern France, situated in the
foothills of the great Pyrenees. This has since become one of the world’s most
famous pilgrimage centres on account of its innumerable miracles of physical
and spiritual healing.
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A basilica was built on the rock above the grotto in accordance with Our Lady’s
request to St Bernadette, and when this proved too small, the “Rosary Church” was added
to it in 1901. In 1907 Pope St Pius X extended to the Universal church the observance of
today’s feast with its special Office and Mass, which had been authorized by Pope Leo
XIII.Devout pilgrims thronged to the shrine from the very beginning. The first of the
great national pilgrimages arrived in 1872, the French one, consisting of 25,000 pilgrims!
It is now estimated that about a million pilgrims visit Lourdes each year. Of these only a
miniscule percentage, however, are suffering from bodily afflictions. The physical cures
began within a few days of the apparition and have continued ever since, and these are not
confined to believers; only one thing appears indispensable: Prayer--and that is often offered
by some faithful Catholic relative or other.
Of the many cures, only 50 have been, after careful canonical inquiry, officially
declared by the Bishops to have been miraculous. Besides these there are over 4000 cases
which medical science has been unable to explain in any natural way; serious cases of
tuberculosis, tumours, cancers, blindness and deafness of many years’ standing, as well as
nervous disorders, have been instantly cured here; but the latter, which might conceivably
be attributed to auto-suggestion, only form 7% of the total number of sufferers.
The wheel chair and helpless stretcher cases, which arrive in special “invalid trains”
and buses, are lovingly handled by volunteer men and women nurses who at all times andeverywhere keep reciting the rosary aloud. Perhaps the most touching sight of all, however,
and the time when most of the miraculous cures seem to take place, is the daily procession
of the blessed Sacrament, when a visiting Prelate carries the Eucharistic Presence into the
great Rosary square in front of the Basilica and blesses the seriously afflicted invalids
individually as they lie there in row upon row of stretches. While this is going on, the
invocateurs in turn recite the fervent invocations on behalf of the sick, and these are then
taken up in a mighty chorus by the thousands of pilgrims present- “Jesus, son of David,
have mercy on me! Please, Lord, that I may see! Lord that I may hear! O Lord, that I may
walk!” General Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament from the Basilica steps then concludes
this most moving spectacle.
The miracles of Our Lady at Lourdes are a wonderful refutation of the errors of
our materialistic age and of modern day atheists, leading the church to declare her feast-
day a day of “Healing” in recent times.
“Penance! Penance! Penance! (Our Lady, to Bernadette)
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Our Lord permitted Spirit in Jesus to undertake a second pilgrimage to the HolyLand. A team of 41 members under the leadership of Bro. Tom Zacharia and Sr. Catherine
Mariam proceeded to the Holy Land on 20 th May 2010. We flew by the Emirates Flight
from the Nedumpassery International Airport to Dubai and from there to Queen Aliya
Airport, Amman, capital of Jordan by a connection flight. We reached the hotel where we
lodged the night, traversing through the 5000 year old King’s Highway. After supper we
gathered for a Rosary prayer and went to bed.
The next day after breakfast we proceeded to the Nebo Mountain. It was from
there that Lord showed Prophet Moses the land of Canaan. Standing on Mount Nebo we
Joy Joseph
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could get a distant view of the land of
Canaan and a part of the Dead Sea. On the
Nebo Mountain the figure of a serpent
wrought in bronze as a monument to
commemorate a similar event by Moses is
seen. We celebrated that day’s Holy Mass in
a chapel on the mountain and prayed for
each one of the members in the team. On
our way to Tiberius we saw the handicraft
items made of mosaic by handicapped
persons and the six century old Greek
Orthodox Church at Madba, the City Of
Mosaic. In the mosaic map on the floor of
the church is marked all the holy places of
the region.
While traversing through the twists
and turns in between the numerous hillocks
and mountains small and big, one could
glance through the Sodom- Gomorra region
which the Lord annihilated sending fire and
brimstone from heaven. Even now nothing
grows there. The check-post on the border
of Tiberius is managed mostly by women.
After inspecting our bag and baggage they
packed everything neatly as before; this
practice was just worth emulating. Till the
Tiberius (Israel) border we had a Jordanian
guide to assist us. From then onwards we
were to travel in an Israeli bus, the driver of
which asked us to cooperate with him to
maintain it as tidy as possible.
With beautiful hill-sides, grass lands,
expansive terrain, flourishing agricultural
fieldsIsrael, as we enter into, eminently
suits to the epithet of the land where milk
and honey flows. The activities of Jesus and
his disciples were centered more in the
vicinity of Tiberius. We lodged in a hotel
on the banks of Tiberius for the next three
days.
Next day morning we went to Cana,
the place where Jesus worked his firstmiracle. A beautiful church has been
constructed over the remnants of the house
where the marriage at Cana took place. A
few jars and artifacts of those days made of
stone are displayed. We consecrated a Holy
Mass in that church. Special prayers were
offered for married couples and also for
every member of the team. A special prayer
for the renewal of the marriage vows was
also made at the end of the Mass. In the
shops near to the church Special Wine of
Cana is available at $ 5 per bottle. From
there we proceeded to the Church of
Annunciation. A spring from which Holy
Mary used to draw water is still extant: it
has healing power, it is believed and
therefore visitors clamor for collecting water
from it. Subsequently we went to the house
where Holy Mary lived. Some remnants of
her house are still preserved. Adjacent to that
a large church in two- three storeys has been
constructed; inside and within the
compound of the church are displayed
almost all the paintings on Holy Mary from
various countries of the world. We couldfind there a beautiful statue of Our Lady of
Velankanny. Then we saw the house where
the Holy Family lived; the remnants of it
are preserved, over which has been
constructed a church. The prayer that we
offered standing on the land over which
Jesus, Mother Mary and Joseph treaded was
really a great experience.
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From there we proceeded to Mount Tabor,
5 kms from the place where we stayed. Since
the road to the Mount is narrow, only smallvehicles ply there. Since one side of the
Mount was foggy we could not get a
panoramic view from the top. A church is
constructed on the model of three tents
(dwellings). This construction is the third
one in time, built over the remnants of the
previous two. It was here that Jesus
transfigured before his disciples Peter, Johnand Jacob. In this church also we consecrated
Holy Mass. The Capuchins are the
custodians of this church also. We walked 5
kms down the hill saying the Holy Rosary
upon an inspiration of Catherine Mariam,
and it was a great experience. It was on this
way down the hill that the incidents of Jesus
raising the son of the widow of Nain and
the healing of the child from epilepsy took
place. From Tabor we went straight to the
Hotel for the day’s rest.
The next day morning we went to
the Mount of Beatitudes where the
proclamation of Jesus detailed in St
Mathew 5-7 took place. Reaching the
Mount, Bro Tom read a passage from St.
Mathew (5:1-12). From there we went to
the Sea of Galilee, where we had a boat ride
for about 30 minutes. Sea of Galilee is in
fact a lake. It was on the bank of this lake
that Jesus chose his disciples, worked many
miracle-healings and signs, walked on the
water of this lake and helped St. Peter to
do so and calmed the waves and wind. To
bring alive that incident to our mind the
crew of the boat violently shook the boat.
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After the boat ride we went to the
‘House of Peter’; it was there that Jesus
healed St. Peter’s mother-in-law of her fever.
A large church has been built over the
remnants of that house. Near to that a statue
of St. Peter holding a key is erected.
Remnants of a synagogue and other
structures could also be seen. Then we
proceeded to the ‘Mount of Multiplication’
where Jesus fed 5000 men from 5 loaves of
bread. There is a church which has as its
altar the rock on which Jesus sat down to
work the miracle of multiplication. From
there we went to ‘Mensa Christi’- ‘Lord’sTable’, where Jesus prepared a breakfast for
his disciples who had gone for fishing even
after witnessing Resurrection. It was here
that Jesus asked Peter whether he loved Jesus
more than anything else. With the rock on
which Jesus prepared the breakfast as the
altar a church is there. A stone’s throw away
from the church there is an altar in the openair where we consecrated a Holy Mass.
Lunch for the day was arranged in a hotel
on the bank of the Sea of Galilee. Eating
‘Peter’s Fish’, a delicacy unique to that place
sitting on the bank of the vast expanse of
the sea was really marvelous. That day was
made all the more memorable by celebrating
Bro. Tom’s birthday which happened to be
that.
After lunch we went to the river
Jordan, a place much referred to in both the
Old and New Testaments. It was here Jesus
received baptism from John the Baptist.
Even now people belonging to many
Christian denominations either receive or
renew their baptism here. We witnessed
many such incidents. Many among us
collected water from the river. Later we
gathered on the lawn of the hotel where we
stayed and offered thanks-giving prayer. It
was during this prayer session that Bro.Tom
received ‘the Anointment of St. Peter’, as
per the revelation made by Sr. Catherine
Mariam. Rev. Father prayed over Bro. Tom
who knelt on his knees. Subsequently, Jesus
himself anointed him in person, Sr.
Catherine Mariam announced. A few
moments elapsed; many could feel a great
experience of the Divine; tears were rolling
down the eyes of many.
“My eyes are ever towards the Lord.” (Ps. 25:15)
My name is Shyni.I had lost my
eye-sight consequent on an accident in
which acid fell on my face. After a long
drawn-out medical treatment I obtained
partial sight of my left eye. But it was
vague. I used to pray 203 beads of the
Rosary daily. During those days my elder
sister brought to our home two issues of
Itha Ninte Amma. Though I glanced
through I could not read them. Therefore
I prayed to Mother Mary tearfully thus:
“Mother, give me sight to read this
magazine”. Miraculous, I should say, I
could see each word of it in big letters. I
read both the issues. Then onwards, I
could read everything. I read the Bible
every day. Thousand thanks to God
Almighty for granting me this blessing
through Holy Mary. Ave Maria.
Shyni Benny, Kollam.
Testimony
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The Rosary prayer is the major weapon that is employed in the spiritual battle we
are presently engaged in. It is the traditional prayer of Catholic households recited often
without full knowledge of its true meaning. Many do not fully comprehend its meaning
in depth, its power and glory, apart from being a prayer expressing devotion to Mother
Mary. The antiquity of the prayer, however, has neither reduced its spirit nor relevance;
on the contrary, the Rosary is the most suitable prayer for the present sinful times. It is the
Mercy Kalpetta
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most potent weapon against Satan. It was
formulated and propagated by Mother
Mary herself.
The Holy Rosary has been arranged
using the Lord’s prayer: ‘Our Father…’ andthe salutation of Angel Gabriel: “Hail
Mary…’’ The Church obtained the present
version of the prayer in 1214 through St.
Dominic. He obtained it from Mother Mary
herself. On this episode Blessed Allan D.
Larroch says:
‘St. Dominic has been persistently
praying for the conversion of sinners andfor pacifying the wrath of God. There were
deep scars throughout his body left by severe
self torture in atonement; and finally he fell
into a coma. Then Holy Mary appeared to
him accompanied by three angels and told
him about the weapon to be used to renew
the world. She said: “I wish you to know
that in battles of this sort the Psalm of Angels, the building block of the New
Testament, has been a shattering hammer.
Therefore to reach hard- hearted souls and
to save those for God proclaim my Psalm”.
St. Dominic started proclamation of the
Rosary since then’. Later Holy Mary told
him: “Encourage people to pray the Rosary
while you proclaim the Gospel. Then your words will be more fruitful.”
However, in course of time the
Rosary devotion became extinct due to
various reasons. By 1460 the Devotion was
reinstated by Blessed Allen; since then this
prayer came to be called as the Rosary. Till
then it was known as the Psalm of Jesus and
Mary.
‘Rosary’ means a crown of roses.
Holy Mary herself has approved the
nomenclature. She has revealed to many
people that the recitation of a ‘Hail
Mary…’presents her with a rose flower and
a Rosary gifts her with a ‘crown of roses’.
The birth, death, the resurrection, in
short the life of Jesus is the subject of
meditation in the Rosary. Many mysteries
in the lives of Jesus and Mary are contained
in the Holy Rosary. Faith is the singular key
that opens to us these mysteries. Therefore
the Rosary prayer shall begin with a
proclamation of the Creed holding the
crucifix in hand. The Creed is a holy
summary of all the Christian beliefs. And
faith is the root, foundation and the
beginning of all the prayers. Stronger our
faith, worthier becomes our Rosary prayer.
Every decade of the Rosary prayer
begins with an ‘Our Father’. It is the perfectprayer. The author of this prayer is not a
man or angel but the perfect God Himself
and that per se gives this prayer its perfection
and worthiness!
When an ‘Our Father’ is said with
devotion all our venial sins are forgiven, said
St. Augustine. Which other prayer authored
by man is more meaningful than the onetaught by the Son of Man himself?
The core of the Rosary prayer is the
‘Hail Mary’ prayer. It is the address of the
Angel and the summary of the Catholic
teaching on Holy Mary. The ‘Hail Mary’
prayer is divided into two parts: praise and
supplication. The first part shows the
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foundations of Mary’s glory
and the second, all those that
are to be prayed for and all those
that are to be hoped for fromHer benevolence. The first part
was revealed to us by the Holy
Trinity through Angel Gabriel
and by the Holy Spirit through
Elizabeth. The second part
(Holy Mary, Mother of
God….) got official approval
at the Ephesus Council in 430
AD wherein Holy Mary was
accorded approbation as the
‘Mother of God’ and permi-
tted the believers to pray “ Holy
Mary, Mother of God pray for
us sinners now and at the hour
of our death.” “Hail Mary”
prayer is a fiery piercing dart,
we have known. Besides being
capable of destroying sin, this
divine weapon could pierce
even the hardest of hearts,
move and convert it.
Each time we say “Hail
Mary’’ we give Holy Mary the
respect that God the Almightyaccorded to her when He
deputed Angel Gabriel to greet
her!
And every decade of the
prayer is ended glorifying the
Holy Trinity with the
Trinitarian prayer: Holy be to
the Father, to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
The worthiness of the Rosary prayer is further
enhanced since every decade commences with a
meditation on the mysteries of salvation.
The Rosary prayer which includes ‘Our Father’,
given by the Son of God, Jesus himself, ‘Hail Mary’,
given by the Holy Trinity through Arch Angel Gabriel
and the Trinitarian prayer is not the handwork of man.
It is a divine prayer, the outcome of divine intervention
and therefore it is perfect, strong and relevant.
If ‘Rose’ is the queen of flowers, ‘Rosary’ is the
queen of all prayers!! Ave Maria!
(An abstract from the ‘Secret of the Rosary’
by St. Louis Montfort)
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Spirit often. Sufferings were of a higher
order when ardent prayers were required.
On one occassion sufferings lasted for three
to four days at a stretch without abatement
and I sought the prayer support of Bro.
Tom. After his prayer Jesus spoke through
Sr. Catherine Mariam that what I have been
enduring was the vicarious agony of a
person murdered in a burning hay-stack.
Jesus asked me to endure without
hesitation; He was standing beside my
bosom and Holy Angels on my sides. When
I heard those words I felt a powerful in-
filling in me. Though I have been riveting
in pain as if my heart was pierced with four
knives I felt strengthened to save souls for
Jesus.
A memory of Jesus in agony during
the night prior to the day of crucifixion was
a comfort during my sleepless nights when
I used to wriggle in bed of pain. I felt the
presence of Jesus, lonely, weakened by the
cruel tortures of the Roman military, unable
to open his battered, swollen eyes and blood
drooping through. ‘O Jesus all your disciples
are sleeping; I am here beside you, we two
shall sit like this’, I comforted him.
It was through my minute by minute
encounters that I realized that Spirit in Jesus
is a community chosen and anointed by
God the Father Himself. It was He who
chose me and planted me in this orchard at
a time when I knew nothing about Spirit in
Jesus or souls. Now I realize the implication
of “my grace is sufficient for you”. His grace
is necessary to understand the truth of the
salvation of souls and the mission entrusted
with the Spirit in Jesus.
“Happy are those who live in your
house, Ever singing your praise” (Ps 84:4).
“For a day in your courts is better than athousand elsewhere” (Ps 84:10).
I feel overwhelmed recollecting daily
this Word of God. While being in this holy
abode, we proclaim with certitude to those
who cast aspersions on us that we ( Spirit in
Jesus) are the vine planted by God the Father
in heaven; and this anointment would
permeate the whole world is also certain
since we go forward along with Mother
Mary.
What the Angel of the Lord said to
Mary was: “Greetings, favored one! The
Lord is with you”. Humanity in the coming
days will certainly witness the splendor and
majesty of Holy Mary.
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Testimony
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear” (1 Jn.4:18)
My name is Marykutty. Every Monday I used to watch the Spirit in Jesus program in
the Surya T.V. I have been a slave of fear. I was terribly afraid of snakes. Even seeing its
pictures horrified me. While listening to Bro. Tom Zachariah’s talk on ‘fear’ I tearfully prayed
with him to Jesus. Then Jesus touched me. And I am freed of fear. Thank you Jesus, Praise you
Jesus.
Marykutty, Banglore.
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them from hell that the Maccabees did sin
offerings and made supplications. The
confession of the sins of the dead warriors
and collection of 2000 drachmas of silver
as sin offering to be made in Jerusalem
proclaim their faith in the salvation of
damned souls.
Supplications of the Babylonian exiles
Chapters 1-3 of Baruch describe the
confessions of the sins of the Israelites and
of their ancestors and their prayers and
supplications for mercy. Without accusingthe ancestors themselves they confessed that
they were equally guilty as the former and
pleaded for mercy thus:
“...because we have sinned before the Lord.
We have disobeyed him, and have not
heeded the voice of the Lord our God, to
walk in the statutes of the Lord that he set
before us. From the time when the Lord
brought our ancestors out of the land of
Egypt until today, we have been disobedient
to the Lord our God, and we have been
negligent, in not heeding his voice (Bar.
1:17-19).
“They were brought down and not raised
up, because our nation sinned against the
Lord our God, in not heeding his voice. The
Lord our God is in the right.” (Bar. 2:5-
6).Their psalms in atonement were not mere
verbal exercises; it was one of tearful
weeping, fasting and supplication. Further
they collected as much money they could
give and sent it to Jerusalem to the high priest
for making grain and burnt offerings (Bar.
1:5-6).
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Testimony
“Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper,And happy are those who trust in the Lord”(Pro:16:20)
My name is Jismi. I am a nurse. Though I made three attempts at IELTS, I
could not make sufficient score in the written examination. Therefore I could not
apply for a job-visa. I was sad and decided not to make any further attempts. However,
my brother- in- law insisted me to make a fourth attempt and asked me to pray in
faith and hope. I have participated in the Spirit in Jesus retreat two times. My brother-
in-law participated in a one- day program at Maryland(Suryanelli) and offered prayers
for me. On my part I participated in the “Great Festival’ conducted at Ernakulam in
May 2010. After that I attempted IELTS examination a fourth time. Miraculously, I
should say, I passed the examination with good grade. This is an unforgettable incident
which vindicated the power of prayer in my life. Subsequently all the formalities for
my passage to the U.K. were completed without a hitch and I obtained a job-visa in
three months. I got a good job in London. These were moments of experiencing the
Divine for me. All praises and worship to God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and
thanks to Holy Mother who showered upon me this great blessing.
Jismi, London.
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Pope John Paul to be beatified onMay 1
“A French nun’s recovery from
Parkinson’s disease was miraculous”
Vatican city: The Pope signed off on the
miracle needed for the beatification of Pope
John Paul II, and set May 1 as the date to
honor one of the most beloved Popes of all
times as a model of saintliness for the
church. Pope Benedict XVI said in a decree
that a French nun’s recovery from
Parkinson’s disease was miraculous, the last
step needed for beatification. A second
miracle is needed for John Paul II to be
made a saint.
Once he is beatified, John Paul II will
be given the title “blessed” and can bepublicly venerated. Many people, especially
in Poland, already venerate him privately,
but the ceremony will make it official. Pope
Benedict XVI waived the typical five-year
waiting period before the process could
begin, but insisted that the investigation into
John Paul’s life be thorough so as not to leave
any doubts about his virtues.
The last remaining hurdle concerned
the approval by Vatican-approved panels of
doctors and theologians, cardinals and
bishops that the cure of French nun, Sister
Marie Simon- Pierre, was a miracle due to
the intercession of John Paul II.
Born in Wadowice, Poland, in 1920,
Karol Wojtyla was the youngest Pope in 125
years and the first non- Italian in 455 years
when he was elected Pope in 1978.
He brought a new vitality to theVatican, and quickly became the most
accessible modern Pope, sitting down for
meals with factory workers, skiing into
crowds to embrace the faithful.
He was the most travelled Pope ever,
visiting more than 120 nations during the
third longest papacy and covering distance
equal to nearly 11/2 trips to the moon. Hesurvived an assassination attempt in St.
Peter’s Square in 1981 and then forgave the
Turk who had shot him. He died in his
Vatican apartment on April 2, 2005 after
suffering for years from the effects of the
Parkinson’s disease. He was 84.
2010, a remarkable year in the annals
of climatologyGovernment figures for the global climate
show that 2010 was the wettest year in the
historical record, and it tied 2005 as the
hottest year since record keeping began in
1880.
The figures confirm that 2010 will go down
as one of the remarkable years in the annals
of climatology. It featured prodigioussnowstorms that broke seasonal records in
the United States and Europe; a record-
shattering summer heat wave that scorched
Russia; strong floods that drove people from
their homes in places like Pakistan,
Australia, California and Tennessee; a severe
die-off of coral reefs; and continuation in
the global trend of a warming climate.
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It was the 34th year running that global
temperatures have been above the 20th-
century average; the last below –average year
was 1976. The figures show that nine of the
10 warmest years on record have occurred
since the beginning of 2001.
The earth has been warming in fits
and starts for decades, and a large majority
of climatologists say that is because humans
are releasing heat trapping gases like carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere.
The carbon dioxide level has
increased about 40 percent since the
Industrial Revolution
A thirteen- year old courted death to
save his younger brother
Toowoomba: An elder brother courted death
to save his younger brother. This happened
in the Toowoomba town of the flood-
affected area of Queensland (Australia).
Thirteen-year old Jordan Rice who did not
know swimming has become a hero in
Australia. The car in which Jordan, his 10
year old brother Blake and his mother
travelled was caught in a current.
Rescue workers somehow reached near the
car and tried to save Jordan. However,
Jordan insisted them to save his younger
brother first. And therefore, the rescue
workers reached Blake to safety. However,
when they returned to rescue Jordan and his
mother, the car had already been swept away
in the current.
Jordan was afraid of water. He did not
know swimming. In spite of that when the
rescue workers approached him he asked
them to save his brother first, his father,
John Tyson reported tearfully. What were
his thoughts at that time? He is our little
hero, Tyson added.
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