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“Beloved sons, celebrate with love and confidence the
feast of my nativity, and join in the joy of all the Church,
which gathers in an act of profound veneration about the cradle
where I am placed after my birth. Let yourselves be drawn by
my sweet and heavenly fragrance. Round about my cradle, all
Paradise gathers in exultation, because the Most Holy Trinity
is receiving its greatest glory. The Heavenly Father contemplates with pleasure the masterpiece
of his love, which from all eternity He had decreed in the plan of his divine wisdom. The Word
rejoices because He can at least see that creature whom He Himself has prepared as Mother for
his birth in time. The Holy Spirit exults, because I am possessed by Him as his sacred and
inviolate temple for his divine plan.
Round about my cradle, there gather all the heavenly spirits, because they contemplate
on the little child just born, she who is destined to become their Queen. And they compose
sweetest harmonies of songs and lights, which fill my soul with joy and cause my heart to tremble,
this heart which has hardly begun to give forth its first throbs of love. Round about my cradle,
gather today, all of you my children, called by me to consecrate yourselves to my ImmaculateHeart, to be part of my victorious army. Enter into my cradle, that you may experience with me
the beauty and the delightfulness of littleness and humility. You must all walk today along the
way of littleness.
Satan is at the peak of his great power and feels that he is now the sure victor. He can
now be defeated only by humility and the littleness of children consecrated to my Immaculate
Heart. For this I am leading you along the way of humility, of littleness, of simplicity, of innocence,
of trust and of your greatest filial abandonment.
Round about my cradle, I place all of you to Jesus. He gathers into the precious garden
of his divine love the humble, the poor, the simple, and the weak. With them He is forming his
disciples, who again today will remain with Him even to the end.
Round about my cradle, there are reflected today the powerful rays of trust and of firm
hope, to brighten up the painful days in which you are living and to give you motherly comfort in
the sufferings and in the great agony of these last times. In you I am consoled and glorified… I
now see close at hand the dawn of the new times for the Church and for all humanity.”
Round about My Cradle(Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
PRAYER Dear Mother, as we celebrate with love and confidence the feast of your nativity, we join in the joy
of all the Church, all Paradise and all the hevenly spirits round about your cradle, to be part of mother’s
victorious army. Brighten up the painful days in which we are living, so that the new times for the Church
and humanity may be dawned without delay. Amen.
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Editorial 5
Salvation of all Souls10
A Catholic Theologian
Anointment of Holy Mary 14
Tom Zacharia
Annual Gathering of Spirit in Jesus 18
Do not love the world 20
Joshi Pandari
Divine Mercy 24
Kochumon Joseph
Saint of the Month 29
Even the hairs of your head... 20
Babitha John
News 33
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Jesus Christ is the sin-offering for the iniquities of mankind. For
that reason he died for us on the cross, that is the general belief. But should
he have to die necessarily for the forgiveness of our sins? He is God and
therefore couldn’t he have forgiven our sins merely by uttering a word? In
fact has he not forgiven the sins of many prior to his death on the cross?
What he told the paralytic person brought to him by some persons was
that ‘son, your sins are forgiven’ (Mt 9:2). To the sinful woman who bathed
his feet with her tears what Jesus told was that ‘your sins are forgiven’ (Lk
7:48).
It was not necessary at all for God to become a sin-offering to save
man from the sins of Adam and the curse and death that emanated from
that sin. He could definitely have forgiven the sins of mankind by sending
out His word. Forgiveness of God is final!
Mercy of God is sufficient to forgive the sins of man. Then why did
he give himself to be persecuted so horribly instead of resorting to the
Why did Jesus dieon the cross?
E D I T O R I A L
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easy way? The crucifixion of Jesus attained
yet another goal other than forgiveness of
sins. Exploration of that goal is what I am
trying to do in the forthcoming sections.
The word of God teaches that Satanis the source of sin. “Everyone who
commits sin is a child of the devil, since he
has been sinning from the beginning” (1 Jn
1:38). Sin is the work of the devil. God is
holy. There is no sin in Him. He is love. He
does not hate anybody. But Satan is the
treasury of sin. It emanates from him. He
made Adam, the first man, to commit sin
and thus made him and all his generations
slaves. Jesus said: “everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin” (Jn 8:34). By committing
sin man becomes a slave of sin, thereby of Satan.
Sin is the work of Satan one who commits sin is a slave of sin one who commits
sin is a slave of Satan. Through sin Satan has dominion over everyone from Adam. “Death
exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the
transgression of Adam” (Rom 5:14).
All the generations from Adam bore the dominion of sin, death and Satan. “Just assin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death
spread to all because all have sinned” (Rom 5:12). Sin came through Adam and death
came through sin in this world. Death is the fruit of sin. Death actually means severing the
relation with God. Lord God had commanded Adam that he may eat freely of every tree
of the garden but he shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The day
you eat of it you shall die (Gn 2:15-17).
Adam violated God’s commandment. He committed sin. But he did not die physically
as God had told. He lived for 930 years (Gn 5:5). True, Adam did not die physically.
Adam, the spiritual and divine being, through sin became a sinner, a slave of Satan, forfeited
his position as a son of God and died spiritually. The word of God is clear on that: “Death
exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the
transgression of Adam”(Rm 5:14). That is, Adam’s sin caused the forfeiture of the
dominion of God on all the generations of people from Adam down to Moses; the dominion
of death was established instead.
What is the meaning of dominion of death? Death is not only a state; it is not only
an act; it is a power; it is the power of Satan. Death is the fruit of sin. Just as sin is the
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work of Satan death is also the work of Satan. The word of God teaches that Satan is the
authority of death. “….so that through death he might destroy the one who has power of
death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of
death” (Heb 2:15).
Satan was the authority of death. It was his strength. When death and the dominionof Satan occurred millions of people who lived on this earth from the time of Adam to
Moses came under the hegemony of Satan. Upon death they were taken to his kingdom
variously known as Hell, Hades and Sheol. Everyone came under his hegemony and was
persecuted in the fire of Hell with the exception of a few holy souls who were specially
protected by God. The latter were carried to ‘Abraham’ bosom’ (Lk 16:22).In the parable
of the rich man and Lazarus, Jesus teaches that “in Hades he (the rich man) was being
tormented”(Lk 16:23). Hades and Hell are one and the same. What is the sin committed
by Lazarus? Was it that he led a sumptuous life? Or that he did not care for Lazarus? In
that case who on earth would be saved in this generation? The sin of the rich man was
none of these. The rule that “Death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses even over
those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam” held sway over the rich man
and hence he was condemned to Hell. That is the truth.
In the agony of losing His children God gave the Ten Commandments through Moses
to save them, if they abide by them. But His people did not bother to obey them. They
sinned and sinned. In fact, from the time of Adam to Jesus Christ death and Satan exercised
their dominion over everybody. Jesus Christ who destroyed Hell and Satan through his
crucifixion proclaimed after his resurrection that: “I have the keys of Death and of
Hades”(Rev 1:18). Today Jesus has the power over Death and Hell. In chapter 12 of the
Gospel according to Luke Jesus warns whom to fear: “fear him who, after he has killed,
has authority to cast into hell” (Lk 12:5). Who has the authority to cast into hell? God or
Satan? A scholar in the Catholic Church has written that it is Satan who has authority to
cast into hell and therefore we should fear Satan!! In truth it is God only who decides
where shall a soul go. Till the death and resurrection of Jesus, Satan had the authority over
death and hell. However, since then Jesus Christ is the authority. Therefore, it is God who
is to be feared, and not Satan.
When Jesus died on the cross, the power of satan over death and hell was destroyed.
His dominion was destroyed. In the parable of the rich man and Lazarus we see the rich
man unable to suffer the torments of hell calling out to Abraham, “ Father Abraham, have
mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
for I am in agony in these flames” (Lk 16:24). To that Abraham replied: “Between you and
us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot do
so, and no one can cross from there to us” (Lk 16:26).
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Abraham is not God, but only His servant. He does not know the ways and means of
helping out the richman. He said that since a great chasm has been fixed between
‘Abraham’s Bosom’ (it is not heaven) and hell, travel in between was impossible. What is
this chasm in the spiritual sense? It is the authority of Satan over his kingdom, hell; this
was what Jesus meant by chasm. Satan who had the power of death also had authority
over hell, his kingdom. There was none to save one from that place. Millions of souls from
the time of Adam to Jesus Christ were being persecuted in hell. It was this authority and
power of Satan that was destroyed when Jesus died on the cross.
God did what Abraham could not. He died on the cross; leaving his body on the
cross he descended into hell and proclaimed the gospel to the spirits imprisoned there (1 Pt
3:19). Article 5 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church also says: “he descended into hell
and he preached the Gospel to the spirits imprisoned there”. Yes, the Catholic Church
believes and proclaims that Jesus sojourned in hell and preached the Word of God to the
spirits imprisoned there.
That Jesus bound Satan and descended into his kingdom - hell - is the greatest triumph
of the crucifixion of Jesus. This is no simple thing. It was to destroy the enemy Satan who
for ages has been despotically ruling over the children of God and to save millions of souls
from his bondage that Jesus died on the cross and descended into hell.
Was it necessary for God to resort to such a means to destroy Satan? Couldn’t He
have easily crushed Satan since He is omnipotent? Certainly, God is powerful and
omnipotent. He could do anything in a moment. Enmity between two nations of theworld could easily slide into a war. But God being righteous, merciful and perfection of
love, could not behave like men. Therefore God bound Satan in His righteousness rather
than destroying him in a war. He bound Satan first through His Son on the cross and then
descended to crash the gates of his kingdom, hell.
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross” (1 Pt 2:24). God laid on him all
our sins. “The Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Is 53:6). God laid on him all the
sins of mankind and punished the sin. “By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful
flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh” (Rom 8:3). God punished sinafter laying all the sins on Jesus. It was not a punishment to Jesus. Sin was punished through
the body of Jesus.
Sin is a deed. It is Satan who gives life to sin. When all the sins were laid on Jesus, not
only sin but the power behind sin (Satan) was also caught. He was bound. With the nailing
of Jesus on the cross God bound sin and Satan. After binding Satan Jesus dies on the
cross. Leaving his body on the cross He descends in spirit to the kingdom of Satan. This is
the triumph of Jesus over Satan.
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Another thing that was
accomplished through the
crucifixion of Jesus was that God
opened for all the way for the free
salvation of souls through the
forgiveness of sins. “All the
prophets testify about him that
everyone who believes in him
receives forgiveness of sins
through his name” (Acts: 10:43).
Every sinner shall obtain salvation
through faith in Jesus and also
forgiveness of sins. It is for this
reason that the word of God saysthat “he is the one ordained by
God as judge of the living and the
dead” (Acts 10: 42).
Since Jesus is the judge of
both the living and the dead and
authority over death and hell, every dead person has the opportunity for salvation, the
word of God teaches. It is the bounden duty of every living person to save the dead before
the second coming of Jesus Christ. This is the definite plan of God. In the name of “schisms
and heresies” do not oppose the plan of God. This is my request. If one who reads this
simply cannot understand and accept this I request him/her to calm down and say a 153
beads of the Rosary with devotion. Holy Mary would grant the grace to understand this.
This is the period of the salvation of souls. It is the work of the Lord. The Spirit in
Jesus community has been in existence for the past 23 years. It would not have survived if
it were not the work of the Lord. When there was a problem in the early Christian
community, apostles were imprisoned and an attempt on their lives was made. In this
context the intervention of Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, is noteworthy; “so in the present
case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; because if this plan or this
undertaking is of human origin, it will fall; but if it is of God, you will not be able to
overthrow them—in that case you may even be found fighting against God! They were
convinced by him”(Acts 5:38-39).
I pray that let there be persons in the Church who can intervene like Gamaliel and
people frank enough to understand and accept this. Let none be condemned as ones who
oppose God and His plan.
Chief Editor.
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A theologian in the
Catholic Church
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In the last three issues of Holy Queen we
were trying to understand how the people
of Israel confessed the sins of their ancestors
and the rationale for us to do so. The people
of Israel did so because the sins of their
ancestors caused them to suffer reproach,
punishment and curses (Lam 5:7; Bar 3:8).
God who punishes children for the sins of the ancestors
God has commanded through Moses that
He would punish children for three to four
generations for the sins of their parents (Ex
20:5). The people of Israel were aware of this
throughout their history (Jud 7:28; Dan
9:11-16).In fact a close perusal of the Old
Testament would reveal that the people of
Israel were punished not for just three to four
generations for the sins of their parents; they
(God who punishes children
for the sins of their ancestors
also saves the latter for the
sanctified lives of the former)
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were punished for generations on end,
excepting a few every time (Bar 1:15-21; Jer
7:21-27; Dan 9:8-14).
Teachings of Jesus: Woe to you
leaders of IsraelWe read in the Gospels according to Sts.
Mathew and Luke that Jesus took the
Pharisees, Scribes and Lawyers of his times
to task and rebuked them for their hypocrisy
in terse language. They gave undue
importance to irrelevant laws and thus made
the lives of ordinary people unbearable while
at the same time neglecting cardinal thingsas justice, mercy and faith required by God.
They were similar to white-washed
sepulcher. Inside their heart they were filled
with greed and self-indulgence. Woe to them
therefore, Jesus spoke to their face.
Partakers in the sins of theancestors
Jesus questioned the hypocritical faith and
actions of the Pharisees and lawyers (Mt
23:13-36; Lk 11: 37-54). They used to build
tombs for the prophets killed by their
ancestors and decorate them. They
considered such acts virtuous and means of
reparation for the sins of their ancestors (cf.
A New Catholic Commentary on Holy
Scripture, New York, Nelson, 1975, P.944).Besides, they claimed that ‘if we had lived
in the days of our ancestors, we would not
have taken part with them in shedding the
blood of the prophets’. Thus they were
proclaiming themselves to be righteous. But
Jesus told them: ‘you testify against
yourselves that you are descendants of those
who murdered the prophets’. You are not
righteous; you do the same as your
ancestors. Because, the very same diabolic
forces that worked in them are working in
you (cf. Jn 8:34). Therefore, ‘snakes and
brood of vipers’(implying children of Satan-
cf.Jn 8:44) you will receive the same
condemnation in hell as your ancestors
received. Like their ancestors they too would
persecute and kill the greatest of all prophets
and Son of God himself, Jesus prophesied
to them.
Punishment to all generations
for the iniquities of the ancestors.In the Word of God that follows, Jesus,
transcending the commandments in the Old
Testament, teaches the great truth in the
toughest language that punishment for the
iniquities of ancestors would extend to all
the generations and not confined to three to
four. “So that this generation may be
charged with the blood of all the prophets
Testimony
“I will thank you for ever, because of what
you have done. In the presence of the faith-
ful I will proclaim your name, for it is good’’
(Ps 52:9).
My name is Shiny and I work as a
LIC Agent. I participated in the Great Fes-tival conducted by the Spirit in Jesus at
Eranakulam in May 2010. I had made
prayer request to the Marian Centre also.
As a result God blessed my business also.
In six months I could canvas business to
the extent of 1.35 crores. I thank God and
Mother Mary for their care.
Shiny Jose, Kozhikkod, Kerala
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shed since the foundation of the world, from
the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah,
who perished between the altar and the
sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged
against this generation’ (Lk 11: 50-51; Mt
23:35-36). When both Sts Mathew and Luke
assert in their respective gospels that “all this
will come upon this generation” and “it will
be charged against this generation” what we
may understand is that what Jesus meant
was not the generation of his time but all
the generations till his second coming.
Jesus, many a time used the phrase“this generation”(Mt 11:16; 12:39;
16:4:24:34; Lk 11:51). From Mt 24:32-34 it
is quite clear that by “this generation” Jesus
meant all the generations till his second
coming. Many a theologian subscribe to the
view that generations would be punished for
the sins of ancestors (Cf. Sacra Pagina, A
Catholic Bible Commentary, The Gospel of
Mathew, Daniel J, Harrington, Minnesota,
The Liturgical Press, 1991, PP. 330, 342and
346).
The other side of God’s actions
That “God punishes children for the
iniquities of parents” shows only one side
of God’s actions. God not only punishes
but he also saves is the other side His actions.The people of Israel believed that though
God punished children for the sins of
parents, He saves them from all
punishments and curses and also frees the
whole generations if the former led a life of
prayer, abstinence and holiness. It is rather
pathetic that the modern generation does
Testimony“I will now call to mind the works of the
Lord, and will declare what I have seen. By
the word of the Lord his works are made”
(Sir 42:15).
My name is Mercy. For the past
eleven years I have been associating with
Spirit in Jesus. Br. Tom Zacharia has told
us that difficult days of the team will pass
and forthcoming days would be of bless-
ings. I wish to share with you some of
such experiences. Our son who is in En-
gland has been doing a course which
makes him eligible for the post of officer
in the Merchant Navy. He had its exami-
nations in last March. A week prior to it
he told us that he was afraid of facing the
exam. Immediatly I rang up the Marian
Centre and sought prayer support. Two
days later he told us that he felt comfort-
able and was confident of facing the
exam. Yet one of the papers was very
tough and if he failed in that he would
have to reappear for the whole. We prayed
ardently and also for the examiners, and
true to our faith he came out successful.
In 2005 we deposited some money in a
private bank. Due to some legal tangles it
could not be withdrawn. For that prob-
lem also we sought prayer support from
the Marian Centre, and we received back
the amount. My husband riding on a bi-
cycle lost the brake while negotiating a de-cline. If the driver of the bus coming in
the opposite direction had not providen-
tially applied its brake, my husband would
have met with a fatal accident. I testify all
these for the glory of God. Thank you
Jesus for all the blessings through the in-
tercession of Mother Mary.
Mercy, Kochi, Kerala
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not have faith which Israel of Old Testament had.
This in fact is the greatest sin of our time. What
greater sin can be there than to neglect the love and
saving mercy of God?
On the disobedience of Israel St Paul wrote:
“ For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so
that he may be merciful to all” (Rom 11:32). TheGreek translation of this is as follows: “ To show
mercy to all God made them all disobedient,
imprisoned them in disobedience”(cf. A
Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New
Testament. Editrice Pontificio Instituto Biblico
Roma. 1993; Munchener Neues Testament,
Pathmos Verlag, Dusseldorf, 1998).
It is difficult to comprehend
this word of God. This is because the
riches, knowledge and wisdom of
God is so deep, says St Paul (Rom
11:33). If all have been condemned
for the trespass of Adam (Rom 5:18),
how joyful a tiding it is if all, both
the living and the dead, are saved
through the mercy that God showed
through Jesus (Rom 5:18-20)?
If God does not show mercy
towards the Israelites who died in
sin, how could St Paul claim that“God has imprisoned all in
disobedience so that he may be
merciful to all”?
If sin has exercised dominion
through death over humanity till the
time of Jesus, after his death and
resurrection, it is the grace and mercy
of God that exercise dominion over the living and the dead (Rom 5:21).
This is because Jesus has the keys of
Death and Hades (Rev 1:18).
Therefore, we shall pray
through the intercession of Mother
Mary: O Jesus, the only Savior, save
us and our ancestors who are
damned!!
(Other references:1.Luke
Timothy Johnson, The Gospel of
Luke, Sacra Pagina, The Liturgical
Press, Minnesota 1991;2.W.R.
Farmer (ed) The New International
Bible Commentary, T.P.I, Bang-
alore, 2004).
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In the Bible we read about the anointment of the Holy Spirit. God anointed
Moses; then Joshua, Aaron and many other prophets some of whom are Elijah,
Elisha, Samson, Solomon, Saul and David. Is there an anointment for Holy Mary?
Yes, there is one anointment which the world has not recognized. It is the anointment
of Holy Mary, the anointment of the Holy Spirit which resided in Holy Mary. It
was the Holy Spirit which made perfect the incarnated Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit
through Holy Mary made Jesus Son of God and holy.
The anointment of the Holy Spirit which God gives through Holy Mary whois wisdom of God made flesh would make us also perfect and strong.
What is the meaning of ‘anointment of the Holy Spirit’? God pours his Spirit
on chosen persons at various times. They are the carriers of the fortune of God.
They are his arms. They are the vessels which receive the Holy Spirit and give the
same to others. The Holy Spirit will be with them like a never-drying fountain. God
uses His anointed vessel to pour his Spirit like streams of living water into many
other vessels. The power of the Holy Spirit will not be taken away from them if they
remain holy and faithful. Prophets like Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Samson, David, Saul
Anointmentof Holy Mary
Tom Zacharia
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and Solomon were anointed persons. Those
among them who remained faithful became
acceptable and strong and those who
remained unfaithful became weak and were
rejected.
When Jesus was baptized in the river
Jordan he was filled with the Holy Spirit.
The one who was born of the Holy Spirit
again received the anointment of the Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit which came upon
and overshadowed Jesus made him divine
and powerful. It was the Holy Spirit which
made its abode in Jesus that enabled him to
heal the sick,to raise the dead, to die on thecross, to descend into Hell and to resurrect
from the dead. The Holy Spirit which made
its abode in Jesus, the anointment that Jesus
received is the ‘Spirit in Jesus’. It is the Spirit
that is in Jesus. Though this name was given
in the year 1988, it took several years to
understand its real meaning. The Spirit that
is in Jesus is the Holy Spirit. In the
consummation of time God poured that
anointment on me in 1988. Thousands of
people received this anointment through
me; they constitute the Spirit in Jesus
community.
Holy Mary had a decisive role in the
plan of salvation of Jesus. She was a person
who received the anointment of the Holy
Spirit and became its power house. AngelGabriel approached Mary with God’s Plan;
according to which when she was informed
that she would conceive and give birth to a
child, she asked the angel: “How can this
be, since I am a virgin?”. The angel said to
her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will
overshadow you; therefore, the child to be
born will be holy; he will be called Son of
God” (lk 1:34-35). “Then Mary said, “Here
am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with
me according to your word””(Lk 1:38).
When Mary said Amen to the plan of God the Holy Spirit came upon her and
overshadowed her. Listen to what the Angel
said :(1) the Holy Spirit will come upon you;
and(2) the power of the Most High will
overshadow you. When the Holy Spirit itself
is the power of God why then the Angel
asserted that the power of the Most High
will overshadow you? Nowhere in the Bible
do we come across a similar thing. We see
many people receiving the Holy Spirit. Mary
not only receives the Holy Spirit but also a
promise of the power of the Most High.
Conventionally this means that the Holy
Spirit is the power of the Most High God.
In the RSV translation of the Bible which is
used here the Holy Spirit and the power of
the Most High are used distinctly. It meansthat besides the Holy Spirit, Mary received
the almighty power of God.
An act of creation has to take place in
Mary. The word of God shall become flesh
in the womb of Virgin Mary. It has to take
place from nothingness. It was from
nothingness that God created the universe
that we see now. When God created theheavens and the earth by His word “let there
be”, it was the power of the Most High that
was revealed. A similar creation has to take
place in the womb of Virgin Mary. The
word of God has to become Man. God
poured all His power on grace-filled Virgin
Mary; and the Word became flesh.
Hallelujah!
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Mary protected the Holy
Spirit and its power she received.
She protected her body, its senses
and mind undefiled by the
influences of the world. She loved
her Holy Spirit, deeply andearnestly. She never inflicted pain
on the Spirit, not even an iota of
it. Therefore, the Holy Spirit was
pleased with Mary and found joy
in her. Child Jesus who has been
growing in the womb of Mary
experienced the joy and power of
the Holy Spirit in depth. Heaven
was in her. God the Father was in
her. Son, the Word, was in her.
Therefore, the Holy Spirit was in
her. Hallelujah.
The Anointment of Mary
Jesus said: From the heart of
those who believe in me shall flow
the springs of the living water (Jn
7:38). The Holy Spirit which found joy in Mary did not wait for long
to exhibit His power. Mary who
received the Holy Spirit went in
haste to meet her aunt, we read in
the Bible. “In those days Mary set
out and went with haste to a
Judean town in the hill country,
where she entered the house of
Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s
greeting, the child leaped in her
womb. And Elizabeth was filled
with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed
with a loud cry, “Blessed are you
among women, and blessed is the
fruit of your womb. And why has
this happened to me that the
mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I
heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my
womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed
that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken
to her by the Lord”(Lk 1:39-45).
Mary went with haste to the house of
Zechariah, a priest. When she meets Elizabeth the
wife of Zachariah, Mary greets her. When Elizabeth
hears the greeting of Mary, the former gets an in-
filling of the Holy Spirit. Ha...what a miracle! A lady
utters a word and the person who hears her gets filled
with the Holy Spirit! This is something unheard of.
Mary is not an evangelist; she is not a healer; none
on earth say, a priest or a pastor has prayed over her
for the anointment of the Holy Spirit. In fact she
reached the Judean countryside wearily treading a
tortuous path on foot and riding on a donkey. No
sooner she saw Elizabeth than some word in ecstatic
joy came out of her mouth. Hallelujah! Filled-in by
the Holy Spirit Elizabeth also becomes a person in
haste.; inspired by the Holy Spirit she praises Mary
promptly.
In fact it was the Holy Spirit in Elizabeth herself
who praised Mary. The question that Elizabeth poses
is pertinent: “And why has this happened to me that
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the mother of my Lord comes to me?”(Lk
1:43). Who told Elizabeth that the one
standing before her is the mother of God?
Since this has not been revealed to anybody
on the earth and not even to Joseph
betrothed to Mary, how come thatElizabeth knew of it? In those days even
postal services were not in existence not to
speak of mobile phones! Yet, how did
Elizabeth come to know of this? It was not
Elizabeth herself but the Holy Spirit which
came upon her that spoke through her. The
Holy Spirit has been revealing a great secret
to her while speaking through her. Truly,
the Holy Spirit has been praising Mary
through Elizabeth.
Let those who speak ill of Holy Virgin
Mary - the followers of Pentecostal
denomination and a section of Catholic
believers - know that the Holy Spirit himself
praised Mary through Elizabeth: “blessed
are you among women and blessed is the
fruit of your womb”. The Angel Gabrielalso praised her with the words: Greetings,
favored one! There was only one person on
earth filled with all the perfections of God
and that was Virgin Mary herself; and
subsequently, Jesus.
We read in the Bible that the moment
Mary greeted Elizabeth the latter was filled
by the Holy Spirit. When I read this passage
years ago a question rose in me. What was
the word that Mary used to greet Elizabeth?
This word has not been mentioned in the
Bible. Since I was a habitual question-raiser
before God, I posed the question to Jesus:
‘Lord, what was the word Mother Mary
used to greet Elizabeth’? There was no reply.
In all the subsequent prayer encounters I
repeated the question. After some time I had
the answer from the Lord. The word spoken
by Mary was Hallelujah. Hallelu=praise, and
jah=Yahweh= God. That is, Praise God!
When Mary uttered this one word the Holy
Spirit came upon Elizabeth.
It was the Holy Spirit that proceeded
from Virgin Mary that anointed Elizabeth
and the child John in her womb. The
proposition that the Holy Spirit proceeded
from Virgin Mary may be questioned. But
listen to the words of Jesus: “out of the
believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living
water”(Jn 7:38). The Holy Spirit will flow
from the hearts of those who are filled withit. God uses those vessels chosen by Him to
pour His Spirit on others. When a Spirit-filled
person does a service, the participants in it
get an in-filling. Nothing happens if the
provider of the service does not have the Holy
Spirit in him.
Holy Mary was a powerful vessel of
God. Therefore, the Holy Spirit proceeded
from her and enveloped Elizabeth and filledchild John in her womb. Even in these days
the Holy Spirit desires to come into her
children in the form of the very same
anointment. The Holy Spirit found joy in
Virgin Mary because of her faithfulness and
her total surrender. The Holy Spirit is
awaiting the holy children of Virgin Mary.
In the world of today numerous services take
place without Virgin Mary. None of them is
perfect. The Holy Spirit wants to come to us
through Virgin Mary. Accept Mother Mary
as one’s own mother. Acknowledge her.
Lead a life that glorifies God as per her will.
Then the Holy Spirit will come into you.
Let us pray: O Holy Spirit who dwelled
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On August 15, 2011 children of Spirit in Jesus
came together at Maryland, Suryanally , their birth
place to greet Holy Mary on the day of her
Assumption.
About 1500 people – men and women of all ages
– gathered at the hill top, braving the intermittent rain
and slippery slopes of the Munnar hills. They camefrom all the districts and dioceses of Kerala and
outside the State. Since the event was unprecedented,
natives and the local police watched the turn out with
curiosity and in amazement.
The program of the day started at 10 o’ clock in
the morning and continued till 7 o’ clock in the evening
without a break. Throughout the mighty presence of
the Lord could be felt; the love and holiness of Mother
Mary too could be experienced. A Holy Mass wascelebrated in adulation of Holy Mother
There was brief meeting to felicitate Mr. Joseph
Zacharia, father of Bro. Tom Zacharia, who not only
donated the land christened as Maryland for the future
activities of Spirit in Jesus but also has been supporting
evangelical activities of the latter. In his reply he
observed that he had surrendered his life to Mother
Mary at a very early age and that she would not forsake
any one in distress. In gratitude for Her strength and
support to his life he wished and prayed for the coming
up of a chapel in honor of Mother Mary in the place.
Bro Tom Zacharia who spoke on the occasion
outlined the beginnings and the path through which
the Lord shaped and taught Spirit in Jesus in the past
23 years of its existence. He thanked God who has
been his rock and shield and for the unfailing support
and guidance throughout.
Jesus and Mother Mary
spoke through Sr. Catherine
Mariam. Heaven regards Spirit
in Jesus as very precious for
MARYLAND - SURYANELLY
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having overcome the many trials and
tribulations. In order to fight against the
devil every child of God shall embellish
himself with all the virtues of Mother Mary
and pray earnestly for the same.
The climate was cold, wet and foggy.
And for that reason the services were very
powerful, beautiful and memorable. The
ambience brought forth the best in every one-love, care and fortitude.
The whole service was a blessing to
every participant. The whole of Heaven was
present during the service. We thank the
Lord for offering us an opportunity to be a
participant in this heavenly feast.
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“For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so
eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their
hearts with many sorrows.” 1 Timothy 6:10
Greed is the root cause of all problems of today’s world. The sin of greed is
probably stronger today than at any time in history. Worldly desires make us greedy.
Greed leads to sin. Slowly we lose the Kingdom of God. In the Bible there are
many incidents of men going away from God due to their greed. In the beginning
of the mankind itself the greed of Adam and Eve caused them to disobey God and
lose the heavenly paradise. They had all the fortunes of the Eden garden. Their
greed, which made them follow the temptations of satan without realizing the
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blessings God was the cause of their fall.
Likewise, today’s world is not happy with
what it has; it is propelled by a desire to
capture more through any means. “Keep
your lives free from the love of money and
be satisfied with what you have. For God
has said, ‘I will never leave you; I will never
abandon you.” Hebrews 13:5
Desire for money, position and
power are all synonyms of greed. All of us
have some propensity to greed. All of us
may not be greedy for money but there are
things that we want to acquire more than
we want the Kingdom of God. Spending
more time in thinking of making money,
feeling uneasy about people having more
wealth, coveting what others have and
envying the success of others, comparing
what we have with what others have,
showing miserliness to increase wealth,
taking unfair profit in business, taking bribes,
engaging in several quick money schemes,
anxiously reducing expenditure and
insisting on controlling family finances,
getting disturbed at losing a relatively small
amount of money, seeking a high paying job
other than the one which is interesting and
rewarding, eating food as much as one can
or destroying it to maximize money’s worth,
showing laziness in helping the needy andin giving to God etc. are all signs of greed.
Greed for money is an addiction.
And if one gets addicted to it, it is hard to
get rid of. There are several examples of
greed in the Bible. We read about a rich
young man in Mathew 19:16-22, one of the
saddest stories in the Bible. He came to Jesus
to know about the hurdles to attain
salvation. Jesus emphasized the need to give
up wealth since the same was the obstacle
in his way to salvation. Though he obeyed
all of the commandments he was not ready
to give up his possession. It pulled him back
from giving his life to the Lord. He left Jesus
in sorrow. Though his pockets were full his
heart was empty. Jesus said, “It is much
harder for a rich person to enter the
Kingdom of God than for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle” Mark 10:25.
Another instance of greed in the Bible is that
of Judas. Being greedy for money, he sold
the life of his master and Lord, Jesus, for 30
pieces of silver. “And he went on to say to
them all, ‘watch out and guard yourself
from every kind of greed; because a person’s
true life is not made of the things he owns,
no matter how rich he may be.” Luke 12:15
In today’s world, all are anxious to
gain wealth. “Everyone, great and small,
tries to make money dishonestly; even
prophets and priests cheat the people”
Jeremiah 6:13. The culture of today’s world
is such that people think that nothing is
possible without money. Many think that
happiness and success in this life depends
upon possessions. The influence of money
in this world is so powerful that people are
struggling to accumulate wealth. If moneyis everything why can’t the rich have the
happiness and peace more than those in
slums and huts? In Jesus’ time it was a
common belief that wealth was a sign of
God’s favor and that poverty was God’s
punishment for sin. However, in the parable
of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-
32) Jesus flatly rejected that belief. If the
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bring spiritual destruction to its possessor. It can
never give peace of mind. Anxiety and fear shall
be the fruits of such gain. “Remember the Lord
in everything you do, and he will show you the
right way.”Proverbs 3:6.
If we are blessed with wealth beyond our
need, we have a responsibility to share generously
with the less fortunate. “Rich people who see a
brother or sister in need, yet close their hearts
against them, cannot claim that they love God” 1
John 3:17. The wealth that we have is a gift from
God to carry out His work on earth. “Give to the
poor and you will never be in need. If you close
your eyes to the poor, many people will curse
you.” Proverbs 28:27. We are accountable for the
way we manage what God has allowed us to have.
In Luke 12:16-21, Jesus tells us a parable
to show how the trap of greed turns a man away
wealth of the rich man was God’s favor
to him, why did his life end up in hell?
“Workers may or may not have enough
to eat, but at least they can get a good
night’s sleep. The rich, however, have
so much that they stay awakeworrying.” Ecclesiastes 5:12.
There is a Chinese proverb
about money – ‘With money you can
buy a house, but not a home; with
money you can buy a clock, but not
time; with money you can buy a bed,
but not sleep; with money you can buy
a book, but not knowledge; withmoney you can buy a doctor, but not
good health; with money you can buy
a position, but not respect; with money
you can buy blood, but not life’.
“They will have to give up all
they have worked for; they will have no
chance to enjoy their wealth” Job 20:19.
We may realize that the wealth that weposses in this world is given by God.
We are merely the custodians. All
things belong to God and out of His
grace we are given the use of them. We
are to learn to be good managers of
what He provides. The custodian
must know how his master wishes the
wealth to be handled. Most of us areselfish and consider our wealth as our
own. We utilize our possessions the
way we wish. It is not one’s hard work
or intellect, but God’s mercy that one
is settled well-off. The wealth that we
possess may not give us satisfaction
unless the same was given and blessed
by God. Dishonestly gained wealth can
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from God. “There was once a rich man who
had land which bore good crops. He began
to think to himself, “I haven’t anywhere to
keep all my crops. What can I do? This is
what I will do, he told himself; ‘I will tear
down my barns and build bigger ones, where
I will store my corn and all my other goods.
Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You
have all the good things you need for many
years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy
yourself!’. But God said to him, ‘you fool!
This very night you will have to give up your
life; then who will get all these things you
have kept for yourself?”
Greed not only affects the wealthy
but a poor person also if his avarice for
money has hardened his heart. To be
wealthy is not a sin as long as we get our
riches honestly. If there is dishonestly
possessed wealth with us, we have to find it
out and confess it to the Lord. The wealth
that we gained by unjust means, wealth not
shared with others and the Lord, may not
have God’s blessing. We see the story of
Zacchaeus in the Bible. When Zacchaeus
met Jesus, his inner eyes were opened so that
he could find the seed of sin in the wealth
that he possessed. He was ready to give four
times what he earned dishonestly. He desired
to be of Jesus by emptying whatever he
possessed of this world. “If they sow in the
field of their natural desires, from it they will
gather the harvest of death; if they sow in
the field of the Spirit, from the Spirit they
will gather the harvest of eternal life.”
Galatians 6:8
God has three purposes for the
wealth in the life of a believer. They are; to
meet our needs and desires, to give to othersin need and to give to the Lord’s work on
this earth. To have the love of Jesus, our
greed for worldly possessions has to be
annihilated. Then we will experience
salvation. “For your heart will always be
where your riches are”, Mathew 6:21.
As our heavenly Mother gave up her
worldly desires for the plan of God, we, asher children, have to turn away from greed
and worldly desires. Let her intercession
bring us the experience of salvation in our
life. Amen.
Testimony“I will praise your name continually, and will sing hymns of thanksgiving” (Sir 51:11)
My name is Baby. I am writing this letter from Surat in Gujarat. My mother’s
name is Mary. She had cancer in her uterus. When her condition became critical I
rang up to Spirit in Jesus seeking prayer support. Doctors advised for the removal of
uterus and chemotheraphy and radiation thereafter. One month after the surgery she
was subjected to radiation therapy. After that a scanning and other tests were also
done. These tests showed that she has been completely cured of the disease, and doc-
tors told us that no further treatments were necessary. Doctors themselvs were amazed
at the result. It was Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit who healed my mother. This heal-
ing was made possible by the intercession of Spirit in Jesus. Praise to God for healing
my mother. Thank you Jesus, Praise you Jesus.
Baby, Surat, Gujarat.
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Good news of our salvation, the Holy Gospel, starts with the geneology of our
Lord and Saviour: ‘This is the list of ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David,
who was descendant of Abraham’. (Mt 1:1) The name David is very significant from
the point of view of divine mercy. But for the greatness of the mercy of God, the name
of David would not have appeared first in the life-giving and all powerful Gospel. King
David is the best example of a repentant sinner in the Old Testament times, and St.
Paul, the greatest evangelist of all times, is his counterpart in the New Testament era.
The power of the love and mercy of God lifted both these one-time sinners to unimag-
inable heights of spirituality. King David was a man of great wisdom, understanding
and outstanding courage. Majority of the Holy Psalms were composed by him. It was
unthinkable that a man of the calibre of David would commit adultery, and cunningly
Div ineMer cy
Kochumon Joseph
(As revealed through St. Foustina )
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plan a murder to hide his guilt. But unfor-
tunately he did that. Having realised his
grave sin he cried out to the Lord of mercy.
Out of his misery and depth of his repen-
tance he wrote and prayed Psalm 51. God
pardoned him and allowed his name to be
written in the very first verse of the Holy
Gospel, and Jesus allowed himself to be ad-
dressed as the son of David (Mt. 21:9). The
first verse of the Holy Gospel reveals the very
nature of God’s mercy and it appeals to ev-
ery sinner to repent. The Roman subaltern
officer, Cassius, who pierced the right side
of our Lord on the Cross with his lance,
having been touched by the mercy of our
Lord when the blood and water gushed forth
through that opening, whose blind eye of
the body and eyes of the soul were opened,
got baptised as Longinus, later on was or-
dained deacon and preached Christ (Life of
Jesus Christ Vol. 4, Page 314,316 from the
visions of the venerable Anne Catherine
Emmerich). By the grace of mercy,
Longinus died as a martyr and the Holy
Church celebrates his feast on the 15th of
March (Everyday Saints - Page 105).
The risen Christ first appeared to the
Mother of mercy (life of Jesus Christ Vol.
4, Page 361). Appearance of Risen Christ
to Mary Magdeline (Jn. 20:14) even before
his appearance to the apostles, illustrates his
mercy and love for a repented sinner. Mercy
is the fulfilment of his unconditional love .
Everything that exists has come forth fromthe very depths of his most tender mercy.
Every soul in its relation to Jesus will con-
template his love and mercy throughout
eternity “Happy is the soul that during its
life-time immersed itself in the Fountain of
Mercy. Justice will have no hold on it’’ (Di-
ary of St. Faustina 1075). Jesus is Lord, full
of mercy and love but little understood. Acorrect and elaborate knowledg of the mys-
tery of God’s mercy is essential for one’s
salvation.
For a spiritual man mercy is an ex-
perience. The foundation of salvation of a
soul is its truthful convictions. We read in
the Gospel about the two thieves crucified
on the two sides of Jesus (Lk. 23:33). Bothof them underwent the same punishment,
but only the theif named Dissmas, who was
crucified on the right side of Jesus, realised
the power of the mercy of Jesus and very
hymbly appealed to our Lord to save him
(Luk 23:42). Instantly our saviour promised
his salvation.
“The Lord has done great things for us,
and we rejoiced” (Ps 126:3)
My name is Mary Thomas. My
husband working in Dubai, failed four
times in the test for obtaining a driving
licence. I sought prayer support from the
Marian Centre and in the subsequent test
he came out successful. While I was preg-nant the doctor told me that the child in
my womb did not have the necessary
growth. On that occasion also I sought
prayer support from the Marian Centre.
God blessed me with a healthy girl child.
A thousand thanks to the Lord who an-
swers our prayers.
Mary Thomas, Kottayam, Kerala
Testimony
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In St. Mark 12:24 we read, ‘Jesus
answered them, “How wrong you are! And
do you know why? It is because you don’t
know the scriptures or God’s power’’. Many
false theologies have emerged over the cen-
turies. These wrong teachings are a result
of selfish motives coupled with ignorance.
When we analyse their teachings we see that
they have put a boundary to the mercy of
God. Protestant theologians limit the sav-
ing power of God’s Mercy to the living only.
For them it is useless to pray for the dead.
They don’t see the real presence of the flesh
and blood of our Lord in the Blessed Sacra-
ment. They have no respect or love for our
dear Mother or to the saints. They see them
as dead, only to be raised to life after the
final judgement. If they were aware of the
price our Lord paid for our salvation and
the mercy he has for the departed souls, they
would not have adhered to those wrong
teachings. They have only very littleknowledg of God’s Mercy. God creates a
soul out of infinite love and mercy. So when
one opposes child baptism he opposes the
very love and mercy of God, for, the sacra-
ment of baptism is very essential for spiri-
tual growth. They violate the word of God
in St. John 15:16, “You did not choose me,
I chose you and appointed you to go and
bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that en-
dures’’. The mercy of God is beyond time
and space.
Mercy - Is love’s second name.
Mercy - Is infinite because it is the perfec-
tion of infinite God.
Mercy - Flows from meditation on the
word of God, from the Eucharist which is
love greater than death, and from reconcili-
ation which is love greater than sin.
Mercy - Is revealed in Christ crucified and
risen which is love greater than sin, death
and evil.
Mercy - Is the programme and mission of
the Church because it is the programme
and mission of Christ.
Mercy - Is the content and power of the
Gospel.
Mercy - Is centered in the Heart of Jesus
and continued in the Heart of Mary.
(Adapted from Pope John Paul II, Rich in Mercy)
O My God
Trusting in your mercy,
I walk through life like a child,
Offering you each day my heart
Burning with love for your greater glory
May praise of God’s Mercy pour out
from every heart,
Now, and at every hour, and for ever
and ever, Amen.St. Faustina
Before we go into different topics
like ways of exercising mercy, how to re-
ceive mercy, Mary - Mother of Mercy, need
for mercy etc, we shall first think of the spe-
cial devotions to Divine Mercy.
1. Devotion to the Divine Mercy
Devotion to the Divine Mercy is a
total commitment to God, who is mercy it-
self. “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall
obtain mercy”(Mt 5:7). “It is a covenant of
mercy, a continuously renewed promise to
trust in the mercy of God and to be merci-
ful, just as he is merciful” (Fr. George W
Kosicki). Chaplet of Divine Mercy, image
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of Divine Mercy and more about deovtion
to Divine Mercy, which ought to be written
first, will come in the forthcoming issues.
2. The Novena to the Divine Mercy
“The loss of each soul plunges Me
into mortal sadness. You always console Me
when you pray for sinners. The prayer most
pleasing to Me is prayer for the conversion
of sinners. Know, My daughter, that this
prayer is always heard and answered” (Di-
ary 13:97).
In preparation for the Feast of Di-
vine Mercy, the Lord asked Sister Faustinato make a novena of prayer from Good Fri-
day to the first Sunday after Easter. “I de-
sire that during these nine days you bring
souls to the fount of Mercy, that they may
draw thereforth strength and refreshment
and whatever grace they need in the hard-
ships of life, and especially at the hour of
death. On each day, you will bring to My
heart a different group of souls and you will
immerse them in this ocean of my mercy,
and I will bring all these souls into the House
of my Father. You will do this in this life
and in the next. I will deny nothing to any
soul whom you will bring to the fount of
My mercy. On each day, you will beg My
Father, on the strength of My bitter Passion,
for graces for these souls’’ (Diary 12:09).
First day - All mankind, especially all sin-
ners, and immerse them in the ocean of the
Lord’s mercy
Second day - Souls of priests and religious
Third day - All devout and faithful souls
Fourth day - Souls of those who do not
believe in Jesus and those who do not yet
know him (pagans).
Fifth day - Souls of separated brethren, ie
the souls of schismatics and heretics
Sixth day - meek and humble souls
Seventh day - Souls especially who venerate
and glorify the mercy of God.
Eighth day - Souls of those who are in the
prison of purgatory.
Nineth day - Lukewarm souls. The soul of
Jesus suffered the most dreadful loathing in
the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm
souls. These souls were the reason for Jesus
to cry out : ‘Father, take this cup away from
me, if it be your will’’
“For neither herb nor poultice cured
them, but it was your word, O Lord,
that heals all people”(Wis 16:12).
My name is Lissamma. My
younger son used to suffer from fits in
the past two years. Since he is mentally
challanged he has been under medica-
tion for fits. We participated in the
Miracles in Rosary conducted at
Kattappana in March 2009. After that
we stopped giving medicine to him for
a fortnight. But the attack of fits be-
came more frequent and violent. There-
for be resumed the medicine. After the
December 2009 retreat at Choondal in
which we participated he never had an
attack of fits. And we stopped giving
him medicine since then. Praise to you
Jesus, Thank you Jesus.
Lissamma, Thodupuzha, Kerala
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After bringing various categories of
souls on prescribed days to the most merci-
ful Heart of Jesus we should recite the Chap-
let of Divine Mercy. We should also recite
33 times the prayer “O Blood and water which gushed forth from the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, I trust in you’’, for Holy Father’s
intentions. Please make sure to make this
devotion and reap the spiritual benefits.
3. Feast of Divine Mercy
A single act of pure love pleases our
Lord more than a thousand imperfect
prayers. Jesus commanded Sr. Faustina to
celebrate the Feast of God’s Mercy on the
first Sunday after Easter (Diary 280). Our
Lord promised that “Whoever approaches
the Fount of Life on this day will be granted
complete remission of sins and
punishment”(Diary 300) . Further our
Lord said, “I desire that the Feast of Mercy
be a refuge and shelter for all souls, espe-
cially for poor sinners........ The soul that
will go to confession and receive Holy Com-
munion shall obtain complete forgiveness
of sins and punishment...... Let no soul fear
to draw near me, even though its sins be as
scarlet...... Mankind will not have peace un-
til it turns to the Fount of my Mercy” (Di-
ary 699). It is the wish of Our Lord that on
this day, priests proclaim this great Mercytowards the souls of sinners (Diary 49).
The Feast of Mercy would focus on
God’s Mercy as an event. Actually this is a
great event which should be respectfully cel-
ebrated. But unfortunately this feast is ne-
glected by the vast majority. This feast would
be a summation of the whole paschal mys-
tery, capsulizing the graces in the celebration
of the event of His mercy. The Feast of
Mercy would be the fulfilment of the Old
Testament day of Atonement (Leviticus 16,
23:26-32). It is a feast with three distinct di-
mensions - Merciful Love, Atonement and
Covenant. It is the wish of our Lord that we
should celebrate this feast on the first sunday
after Easter. So, worthly celebrate this feast,
benefit all the privileges and concessions ac-
corded by the King of Mercy and make
Mercy Incarnate happy.
(to be continued)
Testimony
“The Lord is my sheperd, I shall not want” (Ps 23:1)
My name is Leelamma Issac. Ever since my grandson’s wife became pregnant,
she had been confronting several problems. First a cyst appeared, then in the fifth
month profuse bleeding started. Doctors warned about miscarriage at any time, ei-
ther the mother or the child could be in danger. We prayed in good faith and
promised to give a testimony in ‘Itha Ninte Amma’. Merciful God listened to our
prayer. And when the time was ripe God blessed us with a smart baby boy through a
cesarian operation. All praise and thanks to the benevolent God.
Leelama Issac, Kuzhivelil, Kerala
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S A I N T
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“The cross of Christ is truly the outstanding
School of love. Purified by suffering the love
of this faithful disciple drew hearts to Christ
and to his demanding Gospal of Salvation”,
said the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II when
raising Padre Pio to the honours of the Altar
on 2 May 1999. Born on 25 May 1887 in Italy,
Francois took the name of Pio at his investi-
ture on 22 January 1903. He was ordained priest on 10 August 1910. Filled with
love of God and neighbour, Pio demonstrated remarkable zest for his vocation.
Such was the depth of his piety that as early as in 1910 the Lord gifted him with
the most significant of graces, the stigmata. It was on 20 September 18 that the
visible scars of those wounds were imprinted on his person.
Pio was a man of deep piety, prayer and prudence. The special charism
he had for spitirual direction and sacramental reconciliation helped to bring the
touch of God’s forgiving love into the aching heart of suffering, sinful human-
ity. His sanctity made a great impact on all he came in contact with, so much so
that he was called the second St. Francis! But it was his awe-inspiring manner
of celebrating the Eucharist that could be best considered the pinnacle of all his
apostolic activity.
Padre Pio was widely believed to have been gifted with numerous
mystical experiences such as visits from our Blessed Mother, bilocation, com-
munication with angels, the gifts of prophecy and healing, etc. However, he
had his own share of anguish and suffering, brought about by the doubts and
suspicions expressed by many regarding the authenticity of his stigmata. Yet
the good padre took it all in the true Franciscan spirit of resignation.
Padre Pio was the first priest-stigmatic of the church. He breathed his
last on 23 Septembre 1968. At his canonization on 16 June 2002, Pope John
Paul II commented: “Padre Pio was a generous dispenser of divine mercy...”
St. Padre Pio
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At times when I comb my hair this Word of God comes into my mind and I feel
happy. This is one of the Words of God which shows how much He loves and cares for us.
The truth that not a single hair will fall without the knowledge of the Lord gives me a
great sense of security and protection in my life.
I used to marvel at how much He loves me and how caring and kind He is. Nothingof this world can be compared to His love. He has always been with me and has helped me
in every aspect of my life. I have experienced His love so much that I intensely pray that I
never hurt Him.
“You are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you, I give people in return
for you, nations in exchange for your life. Do not fear, for I am with you” (Isaiah43:4, 5).
Words cannot explain how this Word of God changed my life, my personality and my
whole being. Even today when I read and remember this Word of God I get excited and a
sweet love fills my heart and I feel happy.
Babitha John
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“For surely I know the plans I have for
you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare
and not for harm, to give you a future with
hope” (Jer 29:11). This Word of God filled
me with a great hope, but before reading
this, I had never imagined that God hadplans for my life, about which I was very
concerned.
When I was a child I had the feeling
that nobody ever loved me and cared for me.
I felt rejected and desperate, until I attended
my first Charismatic Retreat. From then on,
I began to have a personal relationship with
Jesus who changed my whole life, attitudes
and desires. During my personal prayer, Iwould give my burdens and worries to the
Lord and receive His love, healing and
comfort. A great thirst to read and know the
Word of God grew in me. After my
graduation from the college, I had the good
fortune to attend a Spirit in Jesus retreat
which became turning point of my life. I
began to experience the great Anointing of
the Holy Spirit. The Lord disciplined meand made me stronger and powerful for
Him.
I had the opportunity to talk to many
children, teenagers, youth and elderly people
who were desperate and had disturbed
relationships in their life. Some of them did
not even have belief in God or prayed, as
they could not accept God because of their
life experiences. Some of them complained
about their looks, their family background,
their finances, their way of living, their
family members, their ill-health and death
of their beloved ones. They would say ‘Whyhad God created me in this way...’ and so
on.
We should always remember that God
is perfect and supreme and infallible. “ But
thus says the Lord, He who created you
Jacob, He who formed you Israel; Do not
fear for I have redeemed you; I have called
you by name, you are mine”(Isaiah43:1). He
created and formed you lovingly, carefullyin your mother’s womb, exactly to His
specifications-your looks , your abilities,
your family and everything. Moreover the
Word of God says, “Before I formed you in
the womb I knew you, and before you were
born I consecrated you; I appointed you a
prophet to the nations” (Jer 1:5)
After creating the whole universe, He
looked at it and said ‘Everything is very
good’ (Genesis 1:31). When God formed me
in my mother’s womb, He said the same
words, ‘You are very beautiful ’and you can
rely on it. When I write these words, I feel
the love of God coming into my heart and
it says, ‘it is God Himself who carefully
formed me and made me lovingly and
uniquely. You are a blessing of God - to your
“In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he
heard my voice and my cry to him reached his ears” (Ps 18:6)
I am writing this for my father. He has been bleeding intermittantly through
his nose. That was a real cause of concern for us. We prayed to Mother Mary for help
and promised to testify in ‘Itha Ninte Amma’ if bleeding stopped for three months.
Now three moths have passed. There has been no bleeding at all since then. God heard
our prayers. Thank you Jesus, Praise you Jesus.
Sindhu, Thrissur, Kerala
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family and society - and He loves you very
dearly.’
There is a saying ‘What you are is a
gift of God to you and what you become is
your gift to him. ’Each moment in our life
is an opportunity to express our love andgratitude towards Him. Never miss it or
delay His work by simply complaining
about the painful experiences of our life
which was meant for our own sanctification
and blessing.
“For my thoughts are not your
thoughts nor are your ways my ways, says
the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways and my thoughts higher than your
thoughts” (Isaiah55:8,9). We may
remember that the ‘pot does not argue with
its maker.’ For the Word of God strictly
says: “Woe to you, who strive with your
Maker, earthen vessels with the potter! Does
the clay say to the one who fashions it,
“What are you making, or your work has
no handles”? Woe to anyone who says tothe father ‘What are you begetting” or to a
woman, “With what are you in
labour?”Thus says the Lord, the Holy One
of Israel, and its Maker; Will you question
me about my children, or command me
concerning the work of my hands? I made
the earth, and created humankind upon it;
it was my hands that stretched out the
heavens, and I commanded all their hosts.”(Isaiah45:9-12) “But who indeed are
you, a human being, to argue with God?
Will what is moulded say to the one who
moulds it, ‘Why have you made me like
this? Has the potter no right over the clay,
to make out of the same lump one object
for special use and another for ordinary use?
What if God desiring to show his wrath and
to make known his power, has endured with
much patience the objects of wrath that are
made for destruction; and what if he has
done so inorder to make known the riches
of his glory for the objects of mercy, which
he has prepared beforehand for glory -
including us whom he has called, not fromthe Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
(Rom9:20 -24)
“We know that all things work
together for good for those who love God,
who are called according to His purpose”
(Rom8:28). Let’s trust in this Word of God
completely and God will do everything for
us. God wants to shower all His blessings
upon us, He wants to take care of us in everyway, even to the little details of our daily
lives. Let’s not look at our circumstances or
anticipate His ways, but just trust ourselves
to Him for He loves us more than we can
ever think of.
A baby doesn’t have to be good to
deserve his daily care, to be fed and to be
loved by his mother and father. They know
his every need and will provide for him. Thechild just trusts his parents and accepts all
the caring.
Accept the way you are with all its
goodness and limitations and completely
surrender yourselves to your Heavenly
Father and pray to Him to transform you
to do His will. Let’s trust ourselves to the
grace received through faith in Christ Jesus.
The great joy and inner peace we
experience, when we keep our whole trust
in God and in his Word, cannot be expressed
in words and nothing in the world can be
substitute for it.
Dear Mother Mary, help us to trust
in the Lord and walk in His way faithfully
and happily.
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Evangelization in Jail :
Lima : It was not only the life of Carlos
Turin Willanuve, a terrorist in Jail, that was
changed by the letter of Pope John Paul II.
It transformed the lives of many other con-
victs. A letter written by the Pope was in-
strumental in one of the rarest of evangeli-
zation activities. Carlos reveals that it was
the Pope’s reply to his letter while in jail that
enabled his conversion.
While a convict in the Castro Jail in
Lima he sent a letter to Pope John Paul II.
To his surprise he got a reply from the Pope
in which the Pope wished that he shall ob-
tain comfort by his increased faith in
Mother Mary, that the Pope will pray for
him and his family.... This letter, in fact,transformed Carlos’ life. Carlos was a mem-
ber of a terrorist outfit known as the Shin-
ing Path which was strong in Peru in the
1990 s. They had a strong hold in jails. They
hated christians and the latter were prey to
their ire and were callously tortured. Yet they
persisted in their faith, Carlos remembers.
When his evangelization activities inthe jail increased, opposition also increased.
In spite of that the number of christians in
the jail increased from 10 to 100. The jail
witnessed a rare phenomenon of convicts
proclaiming the Gospel to fellow convicts.
In those days priests were not allowed in-
side jails. In that circumstance the evange-
lization activities of Carlos were a boon to
the convicts. Gradually, every block in the
jail had a christian community and they
consecrated themselves to Mother Mary.
New Chief for Evangelization
Arch Bishop Fernando Filloni has been ap-
pointed the new chief of the Congregation
for Evangelization at Vatican. He replaces
Cardinal Ivan Dius who voluntarily retired
due to ill health.
Congregation for Evangelization has 49
members of which 45 are Cardinals. Ear-
lier, Arch Bishop Fernando Filloni had
served as Apostolic nuncio for Iraq, Jordan
and Philippines. He was ordained priest in
1970; in 2001 he was consecrated bishop by
Pope John Paul II.
Syro-Malabar Church CelebratesEvangelization Year
The Syro-Malabar Church has declared the
year from August 15th 2011 to August 15th,
2012 as the year of Evangelization. It is pro-
posed to be celebrated in connection with
the golden jubilee celebration of the Chanda
Mision, the first missionary diocese under
the Syro-Malabar Church, formed in 1962.
The Evangelization year provides an oppor-
tunity to think about and to act with re-newed vigour on the evangelical vocation
of the Syro-Malabar Church. It proposes to
awaken the evangelical conciousness, en-
courage missionary vocations, mobilize the
necessary spiritual and physical resources
and to rekindle missionary conciousness
among the missionaries and priests. Mar
Sebastian Vadakkel, Bishop of Ujjain dio-
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cese, is the chairman of the committee for
the evangelization year.
Holy Rosary turns satan-wor-
shipper to a Saint.Dr. Barthalo Longo was once a worshipper
of the devil. But through his devotion to the
Holy Rosary he returned to faith, led a
saintly life and, recently he has been declared
‘Blessed’ by the Catholic Church.
He was born in February 1841 in Italy in a
rich and aristocratic family. He obtained
education of a high standard in early life.
His mother was a fervent devotee of Holy
Mary. Her influence on him was so power-
ful that Barthalo used to pray a number of
Rosaries in his youth. But the education he
obtained made him deviate from the Catho-
lic faith. He denied God and joined the
league of satan-worshippers. He was or-
dained a priest among the satan-worship-
pers. He attacked vehemently the Church,
its traditions, priests and sacraments.
But God shows mercy towards those
who deny and persecute Him. Berthalo be-
came restless. ‘Hail Mary’ which once was
part of his blood began to cause unrest to
the old serpent in him. In 1864 he became a
lawyer. Later in life he acquainted with a
Dominican priest well-versed in philosophy
and theology. Barthalo took him as his spiri-
tual father who helped him sever the rela-
tions with the devil and enabled him to re-
ceive the sacraments in deep faith.Recognising his deep devotion to Mother
Mary, God entrusted him with a great mis-
sion - to proclaim the victory of the Ro-
sary over satan and his followers. His devo-
tion to the Holy Rosary was so great that he
is considered an Apostle of the Rosary. In
1926 he died; in 1980 he was beatified by
Pope John Paul II.
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