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Love the Pope, Love the Church - Archbishop Moras Tells Children

  •   Tue, Feb 23 2010 12:40:05 AM

by Fr. Adolf Washington

Bangalore, Feb 22 : Over 1000 children from various parts of the Archdiocese  gathered at St. Patricks Church on 21st February for Catechism and Bible Day Celebrations.
 
The program began with the Eucharistic celebration presided by Most Rev. Dr. Bernard Moras Archbishop of Bangalore. Fr. Govindu Rayana (National Secretary, CCBI Commission for Bible), Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Bangalore Fr. Michael Anthony, Fr. Abraham Giriraju, Fr. James Prabhu (Secretary, Cathecetics Commission) Fr. Prem Arokianathan, Fr. Clement Frank concelebrated.





The Archbishop interacted with the children and asked them to challenge the temptation they face through the power of Word of God.  He also exhorted them to “Love the Pope, love priests and love bishops because they are representatives of God”. He also urged the children to Love and Obey their parents, teachers and elders.
 
St. Patricks School and Stella Maris School gave their performance based on Biblical Theme. Chief Guest of the programme Fr. Govindu Rayana gave a message to the parents quoting Sirah Ch 7: 23 stressing on the importance of parents in disciplining the children when they are young. He also asked the children to listen, experience, feel the effect and obey the Word of God.
 
The children rendered biblical based cultural programmes and received prizes for their performance in the Bible Quiz organized earlier. Guest of Honour Fr. Sagaynathan, the Parish priest of St. Patricks Church was also present.
  

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  • Jerry Moras, Kuppepadavu, Calgary

    Mon, Feb 22 2010

    I'm excited to read Archbishop's message specially the challenge the temptation children face through the power of God.

    Three Temptations of Jesus:
    • It seems that Satan had quite faulty logic! The first two temptations of Jesus were about proving Jesus being the ‘Son of God’.
    o “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread”.
    o “If You are the Son of God, throw yourself down…”
    • Son of God does not need bread to live on or need to worry about injury!
    • Satan insisted on proofs about Jesus’ divinity, but Jesus reminded him of his humanity.
    • Jesus had experienced God’s voice at his baptism. “This is my Son, whom I love, with him, I am well pleased. (Mat 3:17) The Devil came and first attacked this very claim. He tried to create doubts about God’s voice.
    • All of Jesus’ answers started with “It is Written”! He may be saying, that “God’s word is final, and I do not need to test it or prove it.”
    • We are often confronted with similar situations. And Devil comes and whispers in our ears, he creates doubts about God’s promises – “Does he really care about you? Is he really listening to your prayers?” We need to remember that ‘It is written’, God has promised us and his Words are final and sufficient.

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