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Year of St. Joseph THE OFFICIAL NEWS MAGAZINE OF DELHI CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE VOL. 30, ISSUE 3 MARCH 2021 `10 YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH Sacrament of Reconciliation 12 32 Let us pray that we may Felicitation of Archbishop Monthly English Worship & experience the sacrament of on his Sacerdotal Ruby Healing Night reconciliation with renewed Jubilee depth, to taste the infinite mercy of God. HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR MARCH 2021 Sacrament of reconciliation Let us pray that we may experience the sacrament of reconciliation with renewed depth, to taste the infinite mercy of God. CONTENTS FROM THE EDITOR 5 The Shepherd’s Voice 8 Musings of the Month 9 A Spiritual Quarantine… Father’s Mercy! 10 Theology & Christian Life - 16 11 Special 12 Parish Roundup FR. STANLEY KOZHICHIRA 19 School Snippets 29 Diocesan Digest 37 Calendar of Feasts While in the seminary, during the preparation for the faculty examination, which is about the administration of the sacrament of reconciliation, I remember a venerable old priest telling me about PATRON the nature of a priest in the confessional. He said, Archbishop Anil J.T. Couto “Stanley, remember that you are going to be a ‘Persona Christi’ in EDITOR Fr. Stanely Kozhichira the confessional, and there you must be a ‘just judge and a merciful EDITORIAL BOARD father’. Though I did not understand the whole concept of that Augustine Kurien advice then, but slowly discovering the intensity and depth of what I Deepanjali Rao Divya Joy administer as a priest in the confessional. FINANCE AND CIRCULATION MANAGER During the year of Mercy, I met a person from Brazil, who said to Fr. Francis Prasad SECRETARIAT me that ‘I am making a pilgrimage to Rome to enter through the Tency Thomas ‘Porta Fidei’ to experience God’s Mercy at the heart of Christianity. DESIGN CONCEPT Later I was thinking does one need to travel to Rome to experience Mustardtree.in PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY the unfathomable mercy of God? Certainly not. Just make a good Fr. Januario Rebello reconciliation and you are in the lap of God’s Mercy. on behalf of Delhi Catholic Archdiocese DESIGN & PRINTED AT We are in the month of March, we celebrate the lent during this Bosco Society for Printing & Graphic Training, month also the feast of St. Joseph and Blessed Virgin. We also have Okhla Road, New Delhi - 110 025 the venerable custom of making the annual reconciliation prior to Tel.: 26839864, 26910729 Published by Delhi Catholic Archdiocese the passion week. The thought that each of us need to carry is, would 1 Ashok Place, New Delhi - 110001 the celebration of reconciliation remain an annual feature in my Tel.: (+91-11) 23343457, 23362058 religious obligations or I really need to experience the warmth of the Fax: (+91-11) 23746575 Email: [email protected] embrace of the Father, like the prodigal son? Facebook: Voiceofdelhi Archdiocese Delhi Pope Francis wishes us that we experience the sacrament of Website: www.archdiocesedelhi.com reconciliation with renewed depth, to taste the infinite mercy of God. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION For this purpose we definitely need to reflect on the mercy of God. I `150 (by post); US 25 (abroad); UK 15 $ £ generally think on these lines - Whatever I am, it is because of the (abroad); Europe € 13 (abroad) By Local cheque/bank draft favouring sheer merciful generosity of God. The day I leave my dependence on “THE VOICE OF Delhi” God I am doomed. 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