St. Sebastian Church

Tadev:  Dev boro dis dium Simao. Titiv.Tuzo sobhav aiz chintest-so dista.Kitem zalam tor?

Simao:  Baba Tadev mhozo sobhav,Marsachi 10 tarikh padun chintest astolo.Mhojea sarke Goenchem borem dekhli,halinch zal’lea venchnnukancho nikal eit-sor,amkam xanti aschinam.

Tadev:  Somzolom tujem.Punn titiv,nikal jahir korunk itle dis kiteak lagtat? Venchnnuko Febrerache 14 ver zal’leo nhoim?

Simao:  Oi, zal’leo,punn Goenche sangata dusreai Prantanim venchnnuko chalu asat Ani sogleo somptokuch,nemam pormonnem nikal sangatim diuncho poddtta. Read more

Forgiveness is the greatest human virtue. Forgiveness is the key to moving beyond your past and unlocking the treasures of the future. It transforms you and moves you into a brand – new world that is beyond your wildest dreams. Love, prosperity, peace… it’s all there for you. All you have to do is reach out and grab it. Forgiveness can change one’s life. It causes things to move fast. It’s hard to move forward if you are constantly looking backward. The anger that you are holding on to is a form of energy that gets bottled up inside you. It becomes twisted and strange, makes you sick and prevents you from moving forward in your life. Soon, the anger is all you can think about and it becomes your entire focus. You live it, breath it, dream it and drink it in, every day. You can stuff it down deep inside yourself, but it’s still there (the anger) quietly like a poisonous snake ready to strike at any time.  Read more

Sào Sebastiao or Saint Sebastian, Patron Saint of our Parish Aquem, was a renowned personality of his time, who underwent lots of suffering pain, torture only to safeguard our faith.
He was a true disciple of Jesus. He proclaimed Jesus and faced death due to his open confession of Christianity.
A brief history of his life. He was born in Narbonne France in 256 AD and was martyred in 288AD in Rome, Italy. According to the traditional belief he was killed during the persecution of the Church. He was tied to a tree and shot with arrows, but he survived this attack, and as per the book he was rescued by Saint Irene, of Rome, who treated him of his wounds and he was healed. Read more

Migration is not an uncommon Biblical theme. Migration is so central in the Bible because it is central to human experience. In fact I would say that we humans are a migratory species.

In the old Testament we have Abraham and Sarah who are commanded to migrate from the land of UR to the land of Canaan (Gen 12 : 1 – 2). Whether following the “pull” of a promised future or the “push” of conflict economic distress or famine, Abraham and Sarah’s descendants also lived lives shaped by migration. Joseph the grandson of Isaac was sold by his brothers along the trade line that went to Egypt only to be rejoined by his father Jacob and his brothers later because of famine. The Israelites had their own migration experience for over forty years and God wanted them to recall this always, “You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you and you shall love him as yourself.” (Leviticus 19 : 34). Read more

Ash Wednesday is a solemn reminder of human mortality and the need for reconciliation with God and marks the beginning of the penitential Lenten season. It is commonly observed with ashes and fasting. But how did this tradition come about ?

There is no mention of Ash Wednesday in the Bible. But there is a custom of donning ashes as a sign of penitence that predates Jesus. In the Old Testament, Job repents “in dust and ashes” and there are other associations of ashes and repentance in Esther, Samuel, Isaiah and Jeremiah. By the 10th century, the monk, Aelfric started the practice, which dates to the eighth century, to the period before Easter, writing, “Now let us do this little at the beginning of our Lent that we strew ashes upon our heads to signify that we ought to repent our sins during the Lenten fast.” By the 11th century, the practice was widespread throughout the Church — until Martin Luther, the Protestant reformer, threw the practice out in the 16th century because it was not Biblically based. There’s no Lent in the Bible, either, though many Christians see it as an imitation of the 40 days Jesus spent fasting and battling with Satan in the desert.

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S- St Joseph Convent was inaugurated on 22nd Dec 2021, with Sr Faria as the Superior General and we Eight Sisters in the Community…

T- The Psalmist says, the Lord will build a house for us and He will watch over our city,

J- Jesus the Lord, has indeed built a house to live in Love and Harmony…

O- Open to the Spirit, may problems be negligible, Blessings be more is our Magnificat, Read more

Bazarant hea disamnim lok ghoddie Corona-k lagun chodd shopping korina astolo, punn political Bazaar zalear sarkhoch chodd cholta. Ek umedvar ghetlear tachi bhail free meuta. Bapui iesvont politician aslo, zalear atam tachea put-akui gheuncho podta. Aiz he political Party-ientlo bhair sor ani dusre-nt member za. Ti-i naka zalear sodd ani tisrent bhitor sor. Bazarant eka shop-ar mellonam  zalear dusrea shop-ant bhitor sor.Bazarant hea disamnim lok ghoddie Corona-k lagun chodd shopping korina astolo, punn political Bazaar zalear sarkhoch chodd cholta. Ek umedvar ghetlear tachi bhail free meuta. Bapui iesvont politician aslo, zalear atam tachea put-akui gheuncho podta. Aiz he political Party-ientlo bhair sor ani dusre-nt member za. Ti-i naka zalear sodd ani tisrent bhitor sor. Bazarant eka shop-ar mellonam  zalear dusrea shop-ant bhitor sor. Read more

The year 2022 is already a month old. Enthusiastically and with a lot of hope we all moved into the New Year with a sense of feeling that the worst was behind us. It appeared that the days of lock down and restrictive movement of people caused by the pandemic during the past two years or so would soon be a thing of the past and confined to history books. The pall of gloom appeared to have blown away, when all of a sudden, the emergence of the Omicron variant of the Corona virus dealt a bodily blow and brought us back to square one. Apparently this variant spreads at a faster pace and only God knows how long we all will have to live under restrictions and fear. We need to be alert and take all necessary precautions and follow the SOPs and guidelines issued by the Government and Health Authorities.
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On 11th February we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The mention of Lourdes takes me back to more than 40 years when I was blessed with the opportunity to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. This blessing came again to me in 2007.

The roads leading to the Shrine – the Grotto – are lined on both sides with stalls selling the tourists’ delight – all kinds of religious items, statues, medals, rosaries, holy pictures, post- cards, empty plastic bottles in all kinds of shapes and sizes to carry back the Holy Waters. It all seemed for me, exciting and interesting, but also the cause of much delay in reaching the Grotto in time for the services. Read more