CALLED TO SOW THE WORD

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Dear friends of Our Lady and St. Jude  Parish, Naggulu,

Greetings and best wishes in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Today we are concluding our Second Solemn Novena to St. Jude. I thank God for taking us safely through the nine days. I also thank all who prayed with us on Radio Maria and our face-book page. May we be strengthened by St. Jude’s intercession. I know it shall be so since our God is a God whose love for us is everlasting and who is always by our side.

A good number of us have lost relatives and friends these last few days, including a regular member for our 7:00 am Mass, Bernadette Kariisa. May the Lord rest their souls in eternal peace. Because of our faith we hope to meet them when our time to leave this planet comes. Let us just continue to pray for them and ourselves.

Some devotees of St. Jude, in spite of our many announcements, requesting them not to come to Naggulu for the Novena Masses, came and wanted to participate in the Masses. I feel sorry for those we locked out. They may even blame us for doing that. Please remember that the Church, under the present circumstances, is not going to lead a civil obedience campain. We can show our dissatisfaction, and even continue to ask for the opening of places of worship; but under the circumstances, if the powers that be say no, then we shall wait! So my friends who were locked out, this was beyond us.

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And now may I share with you this interesting joke from Fr. Tony Kadavil? It may teach us something.

Four brothers left home for college and became successful doctors and lawyers. Some years later, they had a reunion.   They chatted after having dinner together. They discussed the gifts they had been able to give their elderly mother who lived in a faraway city and decided to open their mother’s thank you letter to each.

The first said, “I had a big house built for Mama.”

The second said, “I had a hundred-thousand-dollar theater built in the house.”

The third said, “I had a Mercedes dealer deliver an SL600 to her.”

The fourth said, “You know how Mama loved reading the Bible, and you know she can’t read anymore because she can’t see very well? Well I met a preacher who told me about a parrot that can recite the entire Bible. It took twenty preachers 12 years to teach him. I had to pledge to contribute $100,000 to the church, but it was worth it. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse and the parrot will recite it.” The other brothers were impressed.

Then they solemnly opened the thank-you letters sent to them by their mom. Mama wrote:

“Milton, the house you built is so huge. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house. Thanks anyway.”

“Michael, you gave me an expensive theater with Dolby sound, it could hold 50 people, but all my friends are dead, I’ve lost my hearing and I’m nearly blind. I’ll never use it. Thank you for the gesture just the same.”

“Marvin, I am too old to travel. I stay at home and I have my groceries delivered, so I never use the Mercedes. The thought was good. Thanks.”

“Dearest Gerald”, she wrote to her fourth son. “You have the good sense to know what your mother likes. I cooked the chicken you sent. It was absolutely delicious!”

A PEACEFUL SUNDAY.

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Sat 11, Jul 2020 16:07 pm