DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION NO.7: TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW JESUS” by Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C.

This is the final video of the 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES. At the top of this post is “TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW JESUS” by Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C., Director of Divine Retreat Centre, Kerala, India. In this episode of LIVING WATERS, Fr. Augustine explains with holy clarity the mistaken understanding of what suffering is and how suffering should be understood in the context of the Catholic faith.

"When suffering come our way, when fiery ordeals come our way, we should never imagine that an ancestral curse is falling upon us. All of us who are baptized are liberated of all the ancestral curses. Jesus said 'Thank you, Father, for hiding  this from the wise and the learned  and showing it to the child-like.' Who is the childlike? They are the followers of Christ who surrender their lives to Jesus."

"Brothers and sisters, there is a great mystery being revealed. At the moment I suffer, I am mysteriously connected with Jesus Christ. I am so connected with Jesus, I am given  a share of the Cross of Jesus who took all my suffering upon Himself."

On Holy Thursday, a Divine Healing Adoration video by Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C.,will be uploaded for us to commemorate the institution of the Holy Eucharist and its infinite Healing Power.

Please do share this Divine Lenten 2019 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.

DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION NO.6: "MOTHER MARY: DO WHATEVER HE ASKS YOU TO" (John 2:5) by Rev. Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C.

A weekly spiritual video talk will be posted every Saturday on this Friends of Divine blog until Holy Week. The 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES - is to help us search our hearts deeply as to how are we really living for God? Do we put Jesus as the centre of our life not just during the Holy Season of Lent but in our every day living?  On Holy Thursday, a Eucharistic Adoration service will be posted.  

This is the sixth video of the 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES. At the top of this post is "MOTHER MARY: DO WHATEVER HE ASKS YOU TO" (John 2:5), by Fr. Michael Payyapilly V. C. In this Spirit-filled episode of STREAMS OF GRACE, Fr. Michael's sharing is a clear reminder to every Catholic that each of us is called to live a life filled with grace.

“’Hail! Full of grace, the Lord is with you.’ (Luke 1:28) Why was Mary filled with grace? It wasn’t just the fact that she was filled with grace but it was the beautiful thought and the beautiful fact that Mary’s life was grace-filled. Everything connected to her life was filled with grace.”

“Everything she did was filled with grace. Why?”

“It is pretty clear by the one Marian exhortation we see in the Scriptures, ‘Do whatever he asks you to.’ (John 2:8) At the Wedding in Cana, Mary would look at the servants  and tell them, ‘Do whatever he asks you to.’ This wasn’t just a statement to a few men over 2000 years ago. It was a statement to all of us, a statement that she lived herself – ‘Do whatever he asks you to.’ That is what underlined Mary’s grace-filled life.”

“And that is the same call given to us as well. We are called to be grace-filled. Our lives are meant to be grace filed.”

Next Saturday, Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran  V.C., Director - Divine Retreat Centre Kerala, India will be sharing the Word of God on “TAKE UP THIS CROSS AND FOLLOW JESUS".

Please do share this Divine Lenten 2019 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.

DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION NO.5: “PRAY AS JESUS HAS TAUGHT US"” by Rev. Fr. Augustine VallooranV.C.

A weekly spiritual video talk will be posted every Saturday on this Friends of Divine blog until Holy Week. The 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES - is to help us search our hearts deeply as to how are we really living for God? Do we put Jesus as the centre of our life not just during the Holy Season of Lent but in our everyday living?  On Holy Thursday, a Eucharistic Adoration service will be posted. 

This is the fifth video of the 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES. At the top of this post is “TO PRAY AS JESUS HAS TAUGHT US” by Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C., Director of Divine Retreat Centre, Kerala, India. In this wisdom-filled episode of LIVING WATERS, Fr. Augustine shares with holy clarity how we agould pray to God as Jesus has clearly taught us.

“In John 15:6, Jesus speaks ‘I am the vine and you are the e branches. If you do not remain in me, you will be dried up, cut off from me, and you will not bear fruits.’ What are the fruits Jesus speaks of? It is the Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) when we are rooted in Jesus through prayer.”

“All these beautiful feelings, emotions, attitudes and characteristics will be missing from our hearts when we are cut off from Jesus. We must be connected to God in prayer. The power of peace, love, joy and gentleness in our hearts come from God.”

“For the Pharisees, prayer was not an experience. It was a routine to pray 5 times a day. Jesus said, ‘you shall not pray like them: like a habit, a routine, an obligation, or as a rule.”

“The Lord is inviting us to be men and women of prayer.”

Next Saturday, Rev. Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C., will be sharing the Word of God on “MOTHER MARY, “”DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU” (John 2:5).

Please do share this Divine Lenten 2019 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.

DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION NO.4: “EXPRESS YOUR EMOTIONS CONSTRUCTIVELY” by Rev. Fr. Joseph Edattu V.C.

A weekly spiritual video talk will be posted every Saturday on this Friends of Divine blog until Holy Week. The 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES - is to help us search our hearts deeply as to how are we really living for God? Do we put Jesus as the centre of our life not just during the Holy Season of Lent but in our everyday living?  On Holy Thursday, a Eucharistic Adoration service will be posted. 

This is the fourth video of the 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES. At the top of this post is “EXPRESS YOUR EMOTIONS CONSTRUCTIVELY” by Rev. Fr. Joseph Edattu V.C., Associate Director of Divine Retreat Centre Ramsgate, Kent, UK.  In this heart-provoking episode of STREAMS OF GRACE, Fr. Joseph explains with clarity that every emotion should help us to grow into better human beings.

 “We have a wrong notion of anger. Anger is an emotion and it is a gift from God. It is not bad. It is good. It has to be expressed and not suppressed. When we express it, we need to do so constructively and productively. If not it is going to be something evil and destructive to society.”

“If there is no anger, there is no possible development.  Mother Teresa started the Missionaries of charity because of her anger that no one was looking after the abandoned children on the streets.”

“Even Jesus got angry in the Jerusalem Temple out of zeal. Any anger that comes from zeal is good but anger out of passion without reason is evil. If anger is from zeal, it is controllable, reason can work, and it is under your control.”

Every occasion for anger is an occasion for virtue.”

Next Saturday, Rev. Fr. Augutine Vallooran V.C., Director of Divine Retreat Centre, Kerala, India will be sharing the Word of God on how “TO BE ROOTED IN PRAYER TO GOD.”

Please do share this Divine Lenten 2019 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.

DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION NO.3: “SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION IS AN ACT OF SALVATION” by Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C.

A weekly spiritual video talk will be posted every Saturday on this Friends of Divine blog until Holy Week. The 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES - is to help us search our hearts deeply as to how are we really living for God? Do we put Jesus as the centre of our life not just during the Holy Season of Lent but in our everyday living?  On Holy Thursday, a Eucharistic Adoration service will be posted. 

This is the third video of the 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES. At the top of this post is “SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION IS AN ACT OF SALVATION” by Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C., Director of Divine Retreat Centre, Kerala, India. In this wisdom-filled episode of LIVING WATERS, Fr. Augustine exhorts the ultimate importance for every one of us to forgive and reconcile with each other.  

“The other who hurts me will be the sacred channel of higher graces for me.”

“We must not keep the torn memories of our past of what others have done to us; the torn blood-stained memories of our past. We are not allowed to keep them We must make a pilgrimage for the Holy Spirit to explode, an earthquake in our hearts. The Holy Spirit will make it happen. Let us be ready for this.

“If I am not ready, if I still want to cling to my hurt memories, to my wounded memories, not even God will be able to save me. Let us allow the Holy Spirit to shake us up today, that we will be able to make that pilgrimage of love in our heart to everyone who hurt us.”

Next Saturday, Rev. Fr. Joseph Edattu V.C., Associate Director of Divine Retreat Centre Ramsgate, Kent, UK will be sharing the Word of God on “EXPRESS YOUR EMOTIONS CONSTRUCTIVELY”.

Please do share this Divine Lenten 2019 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.

DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION NO.2: "EVERY SIN IS AN INNER WOUND ”– By Fr. Joseph Edattu V.C.

As of today, a weekly spiritual video talk will be posted every Saturday on this Friends of Divine blog until Holy Week. The 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES - is to help us search our hearts deeply as to how are we really living  for God? Do we put Jesus as the centre of our life not just during the Holy Season of Lent but in our every day living?  On Holy Thursday, a Eucharistic Adoration service will be posted. 

This is the second video of the 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES. At the top of this post is "EVERY IN IS AN INNER WOUND" by Rev. Fr.Joseph Edattu V.C., Associate Director, Divine Retreat Centre, Ramsgate, Kent, UK. In this enlightening episode of Streams of Grace, Fr. Edattu articulately explains that every sin is an inner wound and the importance of inner healing in every person.

"What is an inner wound? If you are committing sins regularly, that means there is an inner wound inside you. If there is an inner wound inside, it will come out as sin"

"The most important sign of inner wound is sin. If you commit sin, it is the result of a wound - spiritual, mental or physical."

Next Saturday, Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C., Director of Divine Retreat Centre, Kerala, India will be sharing the Word of God on the “SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION IS AN ACT OF SALVATION”.

Please do share this Divine Lenten 2019 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.

DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION NO.1: “ASH WEDNESDAY: ITS TRUE MEANING TO OUR LIFE ”– By Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C.

The Holy Season of Lent began this year today  06 March 2019 - ASH WEDNESDAY. 

Why are we on this earth? God has a mission or each of us.  The sacred season of Lent is a holy time of grace for every Catholic to look deep into our hearts - what is the state of our heart for Jesus to live in us?

As of today, a weekly spiritual video talk will be posted every Saturday on this Friends of Divine blog until Holy Week. The 6-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES - is to help us search our hearts deeply as to how are we really living  for God? Do we put Jesus as the centre of our life not just during the Holy Season of Lent but in our every day living?  On Holy Thursday, a Eucharistic Adoration service will be posted.  

The first video of the 6-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES at the top of this post is "ASH WEDNESDAY: ITS TRUE MEANING TO OUR LIFE" by Rev. Fr.Michael Payyapilly V.C.This STREAMS OF GRACE episode broadcast last year is timeless and a beautiful reminder to every Catholic never to take our life on earth for granted.

Fr. Michael reminds us that "On Ash Wednesday, the ash is proclaiming, 'Life is far more than what we make it out to be.' It isn't about our body."

"We are going to be searching this whole season of Lent for the 'bodily goodness', for that godliness within us and holiness that lives in us. That is what Jesus wants of us - what Jesus wants to see."

"Our life here is not the destination.Our life here is just the journey. We are moving towards the destination. That is the truth about who we are - who we are supposed to be."

"This Ash Wednesday as the ash is placed on our forehead, let us remind ourselves of what wonderful human beings God has made us. We are truly miracles - amazing miracles of God. It is so striking that from dust, from nothingness, He would create someone so beautiful as you and me."

Next Saturday, Rev. Fr. Joseph Edattu V.C., Associate Director of Divine Retreat Centre Ramsgate, Kent, UK will be sharing the Word of God on  “EVERY SIN IS AN INNER WOUND."

Please do share this Divine Lenten 2019 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.