Urbi et Orbi

On Friday, 27th March, 2020, Pope Francis gave the world a special blessing, Urbi et Orbi which is practised only on Christmas and Easter, standing in the middle of the empty St. Peter's Basilica Square, alone under the temporary canopy while it rained steadily. As the Corona situation continues and getting worse in Italy and around the world, the whole country was under a lock down which kept the people away from the square. 

Dear Pope Francis, thank you for your spiritual leadership and for that wonderful feeling of being United with Christ and the God, along with you, the representative of the Apostolic spiritual chain of our generation. 

We Pray, God, all we longed for is the union with you through our Lord Jesus Christ. Please don't let the anxiety and the fear of the present time affect the peace and Joy we enjoy through that Union. Our only treasure and keeping in this world. 

May Your will be done....

Corona Sunday

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 as Pandemic. Wuhan, the city in China, where the Virus originated has been ravaged by the epidemic bringing that country to a standstill. In this new world of global economy and interactions, our own people who were in that city brought the virus to our country. It was bound to happen, the way world is interconnected now and it has happened. The precautionary measures taken by our state government helped to contain the virus to a very limited incidence. Still, precautionary measures meant avoiding public contacts among humans as the virus is spread from human to human.

Basilica at Vallarpadam

The empty Church

Its not often we see our Basilica without any pilgrims

I was coming to Mary and Meenakshi Amma after almost two months, being away on the east coast for work. To offer a mass in mother tongue is always very engaging. Tthe masses were cancelled except the morning and the evening ones. 

My God, help us contain the virus, may it not spread in our land and every country. Give us the forbearance to do things the way it is to be done to get rid of this disease. May all those who are in the frontline to fight the disease be blessed, the medical staff, hospital employees, government authorities, the transporters, policemen and everybody associated with the program, may all those and their families reap the benefit of serving the mankind at the time of this historic and disastrous pandemic. 

We pray for the grace to be by You, never to loose hope and faith. 

Advantages of Prayer

Prayer is a conversation with God,
Prayer liberates us from all wrong thoughts.

Even in our free time keep saying our favorite prayer,
Prayer will always generate positive thoughts in us,
Unfailingly, prayer will keep us away from all evil.

Even if the whole world rises up against us,
Plot and conspire for our fall, nothing, 
Will happen to us, if we are prayerful in our lives.

We will be peaceful in all circumstances,
The grace of the Lord will be in us.

No matter how adverse the situation is, 
Nothing will affect us. 

So, Let the day begin with a prayer,
Let us stay prayerful, whole day!