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Feast of Bl. Chavara.
Feast of Bl. Kuriakose Elias Chavara Starts on 26th Dec. and ends on Jan. 3rd.
Feast of Bl. Kuriakose Elias Chavara Starts on 26th Dec. and ends on Jan. 3rd.
Canonization of Bl. Chavara.
Pray ardently for the Canonization of Bl. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Pray ardently for the Canonization of Bl. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
PRAYER TO BLESSED CHAVARA
O Blessed Father Chavara, we thank you for having given us a splendid model of Christian discipleship through your life and teachings. You were filled with the zeal of Prophet Elijah in protecting the Church. You founded the Religious Congregations for men and women for the renewal of the Church and for the personal sanctification of the individuals. You strengthened the sacramental life of the people and deepened the faith of the Christian families through your untiring efforts. You imparted the clergy a great desire for wisdom and sanctity. Above all, your services were offered as a constant act of worship to the Almighty God. You practised the Gospel values heroically and have become an ever-glowing model for our personal sanctification. O Blessed Father, grant us the help that we may also follow the footsteps of Jesus radically and more closely like you. Intercede for us before God always and grant all the favours we are placing before you. Amen.
9. LITANY
Lord, have mercy on us: Lord, have mercy on us
Christ, have mercy on us: Christ, have mercy on us
Christ, hear us: Christ graciously hear us
God, heavenly Father: Have mercy on us
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world: Have mercy on us
God, the Holy Spirit: Have mercy on us
Holy Trinity one God: Have mercy on us
Holy Mary, Mother of God: Pray for us
Mother, the beauty of Carmel: Pray for us
St. Thomas, the Apostle of India: Pray for us
Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara: Pray for us
Beloved vessel of the Holy Trinity: Pray for us
Beloved abode of the Holy Spirit: Pray for us
Ardent devotee of the Holy Eucharist: Pray for us
Great devotee of the Holy Family: Pray for us
Beloved son of the Mother Carmel: Pray for us
Holy soul, acclaimed by the Holy Father for the zeal in defending the faith: Pray for us
A true pastor and a true missionary: Pray for us
Champion of education: Pray for us
Protector of the poor and the needy: Pray for us
Noble example of obedience: Pray for us
Good model of humility and mortification: Pray for us
Holy religious outstanding in charity and love of the enemy: Pray for us
Holy religious, refuge of the abandoned and persecuted: Pray for us
Holy priest, ideal director of souls: Pray for us
Holy religious, chosen to renew the Church: Pray for us
Father of the Indian Carmelite Community: Pray for us
Model for the preachers: Pray for us
Model for genuine spirituality: Pray for us
Model of dignity and goodness: Pray for us
Instrument of peace and unity: Pray for us
Vessel of wisdom and creativity: Pray for us
Patron of formators and teachers: Pray for us
Model for true adoration and liturgical life: Pray for us
An abode of love of God and love for the neighbours: Pray for us
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: Hear our Prayer
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: Forgive our sins
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: Have mercy on us
Prayer: Almighty God, you adorned our Father Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara with noble virtues. Grant us, his children, the blessing to live like him, a holy life, to serve you faithfully, and to enjoy with him eternal life in the world to come and praise you unceasingly. Lord of all, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, forever. Amen
10. Song: Carmelaram ki sunhara phool
11. Personal sharing about Bl. Chavara
12. PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
A) Let us pray with joy and hope: Lord hear our prayer
Lord hear our prayer
B) Lord we pray to bless us to live in the faithfulness to God, like our holy father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, who lived from childhood with an extraordinary purity of heart and died without ever losing the baptismal innocence:
Lord hear our prayer
C) Lord we pray to bless us that we may grow in the love of God and in the spirit of prayer, like our father who through ardent prayer and contemplation rose to the lofty heights of spirituality and spread all around the fragrance of holiness:
Lord hear our prayer
D) We pray for the grace that we may grow deeply rooted in the faith, like Blessed Chavara who was outstanding in the faith and in the devotion to the Eucharistic Lord:
Lord hear our prayer
E) We pray you Lord to bless us to walk in the path of holiness and attain the eternal reward, like Blessed Chavara who practised true piety and promoted devotion to the Holy Family that we may grow in the Christian attitudes:
Lord hear our prayer
F) Lord, we pray to enable us to follow the path of love in serving others and give the spirit of love for God in our families, in imitation of Blessed Chavara who pardoned his enemies and became a great model of the forgiving love of Jesus:
Lord hear our prayer
G) We pray Lord, to make all our efforts to promote the growth of the Church, like our holy father Chavara who tirelessly worked for the glory of the Church- Christ’s mystical Body:
Lord hear our prayer
H) We pray you O Lord, to bless us to remain steadfast in the faith even in the difficult circumstances of our daily life, like our father Chavara who saved the Church’s children from the schisms that stormed the Church:
Lord hear our prayer
I) Lord Jesus, you blessed Father Chavara to live as a holy religious upholding the vow of obedience as his life’s ideal. Grant that the spirit of obedience may flourish in our communities. Lord you empowered Blessed Chavara to work throughout his life in your vineyard as a faithful servant, by the intercession of Blessed Chavara make all our mission activities fruitful:
Lord hear our prayer
Prayer: O merciful Lord, you were pleased with the holy life of Blessed Chavara who through the spirit of continuous prayer shone like a lamp and spread everywhere the glowing rays of holiness. You deigned to raise him up like a lamp placed on a lamp stand giving light to the whole Indian Church. Grant us, who take refuge in his intercession, through your mercy, to grow in your love by imitating Father Chavara. Lord of all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, forever. Amen
13. The divine inspirations from Blessed Chavara
A) The strength of any Monastery is not the thickness of its walls, but the mutual love of the members staying inside.
B) There is no such man who never mistakes; and there is no such mistake which God doesn’t forgive.
C) If you will not forgive yourself how will someone else forgive you?
D) Don’t betray the truth of your heart with your tongue.
E) Laziness is the mother of all evils.
F) The day in which you did not do any good for others, that day will not be counted in your life.
G) The tiny yellow flame of an oil lamp is far better than the momentary fire from chaff.
H) Your children are the invaluable gifts from God entrusted to your care.
I) Will of God is my sole pleasure and the Lord is my portion.
J) Envy and fights overpower the light of every Christian Family.
K) If one takes care of the three-forth of matters, God will see to the fourth portion.
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