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ISSUE 3 OCTOBER 2021

Message from our Vicar,

Rev. Fr. Antony Pullukattu (Fr. Tony)

Imagine walking in pitch darkness with no light at all. A person may be afraid,
would stumble and fall or may not be able to move forward. That being said, a
flashlight would make that journey easy and comfortable as we can make sure

of each step avoiding any obstacle. In our spiritual world where there’s
darkness, we are expected to carry our flashlight. This light will help us clearly
see the dark forces and avoid them or clearly go past them without falling on

to them. A very powerful such flashlight that Mother Mary gave us is Rosary.
History states that Mother Mary personally appeared and gave St Dominic the
Rosary and taught him how to pray it. In this month we are giving special importance to the devotion of
praying the Rosary.

As you have heard many times from St. Teresa of Calcutta, “A family that prays together stays together” (a
slogan popularized by Blessed Patrick Peyton). A meal and a prayer together with family is a very good

practice to hold the family together in this very turbulent world. One of the common prayers that a family can
say together is the Rosary. It has been in our tradition to say the Rosary in the evening at home where all the
members attended and said it together. These are very good traditions that your parents brought along with

them. Let us make sure that we encourage this family prayer and take part in it to keep your families
spiritually healthy.

If you look into many of the saints’ lives, you will be able to see how they had incorporated Rosary in their
prayer life. We should try to learn about different Saints and their lives. These are people like you and me who
lived in this world and showed us that it’s possible to lead a saintly life in this world. Each one of us can have

a favorite saint with qualities you like and would like to relate to. This is not for asking favors but for you to
imitate Jesus, like the saints did so that your life could also become more holy and pleasing to God.

May God bless your wonderful hearts to be guided with the power of Rosary and the life examples of saints to
grow into holy children of God.

Yours in Christ

Tony Achan

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