India's first Rocket was brought on a bicycle and started from a church
6th Week, Tuesday, Feb 18: St. Chavara Elias Kuriakose
6th Week, Tuesday, Feb 18: St. Chavara Elias Kuriakose
Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 / Mark 8:14-21
Sin spreads; God was sorry that he made human beings.
4th Week, Friday, Feb 7; St Gonzalo Garcia (India)
4th Week, Friday, Feb 7
Hebrews 13:1-8 / Mark 6:14-29
Imitate your forefathers; Love your fellow Hebrews.
4th Week, Tuesday, Feb 4th; St John De Britto (India)
4th Week, Tuesday, Feb 4th; St John De Britto
Hebrews 12:1-4 / Mark 5:21-43
Keep your eyes on Jesus; Persevere as Jesus persevered.
1st Week, Thursday, Jan 16th: St Joseph Vaz
1st Week, Thursday, Hebrews 3:7-14 / Mark 1:40-45
Remain faithful to God; Encourage one another.
Jan 26th: Indian Republic Day: Prayer Service
REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION
(You may want to add hymns, reflections, prayers for the nation and the leaders and martyred soldiers in between)
Jan 26th: Indian Republic Day Celebration
REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION
(You may want to add hymns, reflections, prayer for the nation and the leaders and martyred soldiers in between)
Hymn:
Leader: Today on 26th January (2022), India celebrates her 72nd Republic Day. In capital Delhi, the main attraction of the Republic Day festival is the military and cultural parade to celebrate the implementation of the Indian Constitution in 1950. Prior to the celebration,
Aug 15 - Assumption of Mary and Indian Independence Day
There is an old story about a workman on a scaffolding high above the nave of a cathedral who looked down and saw a woman praying before a statue of Mary. As a joke, the workman whispered, "Woman, this is Jesus." The woman ignored him. The workman whispered again, more loudly: "Woman, this is Jesus." Again, the woman ignored him.
Assumption of Mary - Aug 15 - Independence Day
Opening:
O God, our creator, you have made this world out of love and gathered us together as one family. Today we wish to thank you for Mary whom you freed from earthly bondage into your heavenly glory. Today 71 years ago you freed our Mother Land from foreign occupation. We thank you for all that is beautiful in India that we are proud of. Bless every citizen of our country that s/he may work for peace, prosperity and true freedom. Strengthen our hands that we may truly build and not destroy hearts and hopes, homes and future for your children.
Current Indian Socio-Polico Conflicts
☻Dalit (oppressed people) is cheaper than Dal (lentil curry)🍲
👤Muslim is cheaper than Meat🍖
👹Barbarity is bigger than humanity😊