Fr. Abel of Kalabhavan

Remembering the very creatively gifted father on his death anniversary who ran the creative arts platform of Kalabhavan, which has been the stepping stone of many who made their careers and lives in the creative field. 

One of the best loved songs of Fr. Abel:

ഈശ്വരനെ തേടി ഞാൻ നടന്നു

കടലുകൾ കടന്നു ഞാൻ തിരഞ്ഞൂ

അവിടെയുമില്ലിവിടെയുമില്ലീശ്വരൻ 

വിജനമായ  ഭൂവിലുമില്ലീശ്വരൻ 

എവിടെയാണീശ്വരന്റെ കാൽപ്പാടുകൾ

മണ്ണിലൊക്കെ ഞാൻ തേടി കണ്ടില്ലാ..

എവിടെയാണീശ്വരന്റെ സുന്ദരാലയം

വിണ്ണിലൊക്കെ ഞാൻ തേടി കണ്ടില്ലാ...

കണ്ടില്ല   കണ്ടില്ലെന്നോതിയോതി

കാനനച്ചോല പതഞ്ഞുപോയി

കാണില്ല കാണില്ലെന്നോതിയോതി

കിളികൾ പറന്നു പറന്നുപോയി 

അവസാനമെന്നിലേയ്ക്ക് ഞാൻ തിരിഞ്ഞൂ..

ഹൃദയത്തിലേയ്ക്കു ഞാൻ കടന്നു..

അവിടെയാണീശ്വരന്റെ  വാസം

സ്നേഹമാണീശ്വരന്റെ രൂപം

സ്നേഹമാണീശ്വരന്റെ രൂപം  

ആബേലച്ചൻ

Couples @ Mary Vallarpadam

Husband and wife should be like hand and eyes; when the hand hurts, eyes cry, and when the eyes cry, the hands wipe away the tears. 

Gratefulness

Is our intellect added to us after we are born?

Intellect is not something that is added to us later. It must have existed in the self inorder to have manifested itself, later. 

"The tree must have been contained in the seed or could not have sprung out of it". 

So too, intellect must have been contained in the self from the beginning. 

With this context introduced, please go to the words of Jesus and also the Psalms:

"Gratefulness is the greatest offering that humans can offer to God."

Our intellect is the one that dissects all our emotions. The emotions are already pre-existing in our self. It merely come to us according to the situation and we experience it. 

The way we feel about our work, before, after and inbetween...all of that we are merely experiencing. With our intellect we work to avoid faults and failures in our work preparation and execution. The aspect of preparation in itself is an emotion we are experiencing. So is joy, apprehensions, disappointments etc..

Let us work our intellect well, discern our emotions and be grateful to God for the whole of it. That way we will be always above the emotional impacts that life brings us. 

A sunny day @ Vallarpadam

The offering at St. Mary's Basilica Vallarpadam

A usual offering of Rice preparation at Vallarpadam. Perhaps, due to the pandemic impact nobody touched it for a long time. In normal circumstances the pilgrims would have accepted it readily and the container would be empty soon.