Christ to the World Craze & Craft Reach to His Resemblance Social Voice Encyclopedia on Chavittunadakam

Christ to the World Craze & Craft Reach to His Resemblance Social Voice Encyclopedia on Chavittunadakam

A RELIGIO - SOCIO - CULTURAL MAGAZINE Vol-2 Issue 3 March – May 2014 CHRIST TO THE WORLD CRAZE & CRAFT REACH TO HIS RESEMBLANCE SOCIAL VOICE ENCYCLOPEDIA ON CHAVITTUNADAKAM COASTAL FOLK ART DICTIONARY STUDENT’S CORNER A LEAP INTO THE LUMINOUS Though not born to a Christian family, I had a great passion for Mother Mary. Whenever I got time, I “Afterwards, Jesus appeared frequently visited Mother Mary’s Church at in a different form to two Maruvakad, Chellanam which is popularly known as of them while they were Velankanni Church of Kochi. When tribulations walking in the country”. increase in my life, I surrender everything to Mother They returned and Mary. When we are helpless and when we wholeheartedly reported it to the rest surrender to God with innocence faith, without any suspicion, God will show us the way. He will prove his love and concern for us. At the (Mark 16:12-13) time of my marriage, I was employed in a firm which was dealing with govt contracts. Since my salary was meagre, I had to quit my DIRECTOR BOARD job. I prayed to Mother Mary not for a job, but to start a business firm FR. V.P. JOSEPH VALIYAVEETIL dealing with the same Government contract where I was working DIRECTOR & CHAIRMAN .But to start a business, lakhs and lakhs of money was required. But Mr. R. VIJAYAKUMAR my capital was only Rs.1000/-. I continued my effort to start up a DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND FINANCE business. To my surprise after ten days of my prayer, a commission agent gave Mr. YESUDAS ANTONY DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS 10 bags of Green Gram for credit. I was so happy and with my two wheeler I went to different shops and sold it. Once, during my sale, I Mr. SEBASTIAN VIJU DIRECTOR, PRODUCTION & ART met a mill owner, with whom I discussed the prospects of civil supplies. He offered me 2 loads of dhal which I sold to my earlier firm Mrs. MARY LIYA DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS which gave me a profit of Rs. 2000/. That mill owner asked me whether I could have direct business with civil supplies corporation. I Mrs. ASHA YESUDAS CHIEF ACCOUNTANT told him my helplessness because for direct business we should have Earners Money Deposit and a Sales tax registration. My prayer Miss. MARIA MANAZA CHIEF SECRETARY was answered as The dhal mill owner agreed to help me with Rs.5000 to take registration and also 50,000 as a credit to take Earners Money Deposit and also promised to supply me 10 loads of BOARD MEMBERS dhal for Government tender Mr. THANKACHAN PANAKKAL I was very happy to see that my prayer was being answered. Very Mr. EDWARD soon I took a registration and entered the very next Govt. Tender. I Mrs. SONIYA ANTONY was awarded 10 loads of dhal for that tender for which I expected a Miss. JOMOL JOSEPH Miss. ALEXANDRIA SHARON profit of RS.15000/ . I was very happy to become a Govt. contractor Mrs. ACHAMMA THOMAS from nothing but prayer. It was my first contract. With great joy ........continued on page 10 02 CHRIST TO THE WORLD - CRAZE & CRAFT A PATH ACROSS THE SEA TO THE LAND OF GRACE The apostles worked hard at night. Still their catch was scant. Then, they fished in further depth as Jesus had commanded and caught a large number of fish. The catch was so abundant that the neighbouring boats had to help them to load the catch and got a share of their new prosperity. Luke 5:7-9. This happiness gradually disappears in Matt 14:24 when the apostles are caught in the perils of the sea. Waves barging into the boat, sky ferociously thundering and shore off sight. They were terrified. No one came to help, even those who L earlier benefited from their prosperity. But He was there. The Lord of Mercy, the God from whom all help comes! 2 Cor 1:3. He walked over the violent waves towards the apostles who were terrified in the darkness of the sea, creating a new path amidst the consuming waves and rainstorm, to lift them up compassionately to His sanctuary. A Yes. The disastrous rains and thunder in our lives are a clarion call of our Lord’s arrival in our midst. As in Exodus, the Israelites trembled with fear when they heard the trumpet blast and saw the lightning and smoking mountains throughout their exodus to Canan.But Moses, inspired by the Spirit rightly declared, I “Don’t be afraid; God has only come to test you and make you keep on obeying Him, so that you will not sin.”(Exodus 20:20) Now, coming to our context. R The gospel calls a believer Theophilus (Theophile). St.Luke began his gospel by addressing “Dear Theophilus”. According to St.Luke, a Theophile’s infancy is characterised in Luke 2:40, “the child grew and became strong; he was full of wisdom and God’s grace were upon him.” Later when the infant Jesus becomes an adolescent, St.Luke describes him as “Jesus grew both in body and wisdom, gaining favour with O God and men.”Precisely the common character in the life of Jesus as an infant as well as an adolescent is His wisdom and age. St.Luke reveals that when a man acquires wisdom with age, he becomes strong and the grace of god is the base of this acquired wisdom. Our parent brings us up in years. But God brings us up in T wisdom. He up brings us in wisdom through training. “When he has completed his training, he will be like his teacher”.-Luke 6:40.Yes, the training is the responsibility of the Teacher, our God. But how does he train? When does he train? Isaiah replies, “The lord will make you go through hard times, but he himself will be I there to teach you and you will not have to search for him anymore. If you wander off the road, you will hear him saying “here is the road, follow it””- Isaiah 30:20, 21.That God will guide us in time of dire travails is the experience of ages of forebears. You will receive this guidance only if you call for help as in Psalms 107:28- “In their troubles they called to Lord and He saved them from their distress. He calmed the raging storm and D the waves became quiet”. These words had become true in the life of apostles as well. Matthew 14:24 explains how the apostle’s boat was ensnared in the violent sea- it was pitch dark, thunder roaring from the sky, waves of the unfathomable sea hitting hard, Apostles losing all control of their boat and there was no soul to help them. This was the situation which demanded Jesus to walk on water. There may not be anyone E to help you....No land to escape or a road you can take. Then He will come as your path He will create a path unseen to your eyes, unthinkable for your thoughts. Exodus 20:18 says, “When people heard the thunder they trembled with fear”. In our lives, unforeseen ........continued on page 8 03 TESTIMONIALS SOLACE FROM THE LORD SWELLING ON MY BODY DISAPPEARED. "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act" Psalm 37:5 There was a hardening on the right side of my abdomen for one year. During the time of adoration, Father delivered a message that Lord is healing a daughter having swelling on right side of the abdomen. At that moment I felt a great spark of light passing through my body and in that moment itself that swelling disappeared. - ROSAMMA DAVID, KOILPARAMBIL, PALLITHOD CHRONIC BACK PAIN HEALED "Though the lord is on high yet he regards the lowly"(Psalms 138:6) The first time when I came for Kreupasanam prayer, I had problem in my spinal chord and I was taking 15 tablets a day for the ailment. I was advised by the doctors to have a surgery.My surgery date was already fixed. During the day of adoration Father Joseph delivered a message that Jesus is healing people with back pain. I believed that I also would be cured and prayed. When I reached home I felt some relief from the usual pain and I threw away all my medicine into the sea. Jesus healed me without any surgery .Praise and glory to god. - JESSY GEORGE, KUNNUMMEL, VETTAIKKAL FATHER PRAYED. JESUS GAVE ME A NEW BREATH OF LIFE. “Behold I will cause breath to enter into you and ye shall live".Ezekial 37:5 My brother is working in Qatar. Last year, in the month of June he was admitted to a hospital due to severe cough and breathing difficulty. Suddenly his condition became worse and he was not able to breathe or pass urine and his body started to swell. He could breathe only with the help of an oxygen mask. So I called to Kreupasanam for prayer support and Father Joseph prayed for my brother. On that day itself my brother started breathing without the help of oxygen mask and his conditioned improved. - GRACY MARTIN,KALIPARAMBIL,CHELLANAM 04 ATE TO GRACE The final exams are about to begin. Success in the Exam...Promotion to the next class.This has become a common yet inevitable aspect in life. Now in the context of faith life, it is difficult to comprehend the lessons and home work given for the up gradation of faith. These experiences which cannot be grasped so easily can be called proverbs.

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