St. Sebastian Church

“I am healed in the name of Jesus… He is a miracle worker”

On 20^th May 2006, I was operated for solitary thyroid nodule in Goa and the sample was sent for biopsy. The test report came as cancer of thyroid (malignant). I was thus advised to operate the other side of the neck to remove the second nodule.

For the second operation, it was suggested by another doctor that I go to either Manipal or Bombay. I chose to go to Manipal as I was asked to operate within a month from the first operation. There I was told that I might lose my vocal cord as the wound was raw (not healed.) But my Jesus was there with me and my operation was successful. The doctor had given hope and I was under medication. Read more

Necessity is the mother of all inventions. Prior to the discovery of anaesthesia in the 19^th century surgery was looked upon as a last and desperate resort. Conscious and without pain relief, it was beset with unimaginable terror, unspeakable agony and unmitigated risk. The experience and emotions of a patient undergoing surgery before the discovery of anaesthesia was perhaps best captured by the vivid description of Fanny Burley an English novelist who underwent surgery in the early 18^th century.

“When the dreadful steel plunged into my chest, I needed no injunctions not to restrain my cries. I began a scream that lasted unintermittently during the whole time of the incision, so excruciating was the agony, I then felt knife scraping the bone”. Read more

It looked like any other retirement party at the office. Only it wasn’t. Robert, or Rob to his colleagues, was only 40 years old!

Robert had been working for a large IT company for the past eight years. Throughout his tenure, he scaled meteoric growth and won several promotions to become the Vice President of the Service Delivery function. His colleagues and superiors were equally perplexed at Robert’s decision to put down his papers, once and for all.

“Are you kidding? Robert, you have been performing so well, there’s much to achieve. Also, you are so young! Why do you want to waste your life, and how will you survive without a regular income?” Read more

Jesus came to this earth

To show us how to live.

How to put others first

How to love and how to give.

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Mogall Firgozkaramno,

Hea 2021 vorsan amkam sobar avhanam haddleant. Tim sangpak ani mezpak fursot soit nam. Dor disa ami ek novem jivit jietat kai dista. Novem/dusrem jivit (second life) mellop mhollear ek vhodd bhag. Punn tem koxem jieunchem tantunt vhoddponn asa.

Ek pautt pausant ek render maddar choddttalo. Vhoir chodda astanam tacho hat nisorlo ani to render vhoir thaun sokla poddlo. Punn tachea borea noxiban to vattoulo. Dusri vost zali ti hi. To poddlo mhonn bhielo ani maddar choddpacho vavr tannem tea disa thaun soddlo. To anik maddar kednanch porot choddlo nam. Read more

My dear friends

As is customary, after the three Kings’ Feast on 6^th January, it was time to bring down all the lights, the Christmas tree and all the glitzy decorations, adorning our homes & the streets. The children carried out this exercise with a tinge of sadness, more so when Baby Jesus had to be wrapped up and remain boxed till the next Christmas. Read more

Dear Reader,

I wish you and your family all the graces and blessings that Jesus can ever shower upon you through the intercession of St. Sebastian.

You are holding a very festive issue of PORMOLL, power-packed with the warmest wishes, blessings and prayers from and to all parishioners. Added to this are the useful and handy advertisements to support and perpetuate PORMOLL. In the air is also the aura of Carnival, which marks the end of all festivities and the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday. Read more

Dear friends,

On 11^th February, every year the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette between February 11 and July 16, 1858, at the age of 14. She had a series of visions of the Virgin Mary in the nearby Massabielle grotto. Mary revealed her identity with the words “I am the Immaculate Conception” and gave her the message “Penance! Penance! Penance! Pray to God for sinners”. By saying penance three times, our Lady stresses on the conversion of heart and mind of humanity. Read more

• I wonder what happens if we treat our Bible like we treat our cell phone.
• What if we carried it around in our pocket & turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
• What if we flipped through it several times a day?
• What if we received messages from the text?
• What if we treated it like we couldn’t live without it?
• What if we give it to kids as gifts?
• What if we used it as we travelled?
• What if we used it in case of emergency?
• What if we upgraded it to get new text version?

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Tadev: Dev boro dis dium, Simao Titiv. Zaitea disamnim meuloi. Chintest-so distai, koslea chintnamnim buddlai?

Simao: Dev tuka kurpa dium, Tadev. Hea disamnim hanv chodd-so bhair soronam, hea COVID duensache bhirantin. Kitle-xech mhoine zale, hi pidda amchi vattuch soddinam. Fatllea prachit kallant zo dhoko boslolo to azun chaluch asa. Kitlim amchim Novenam ani Festam amkam nam zaleant. Read more