thfm n amxmth R Ä v th-n At] n Wta! Our Lady of Health Syro Malabar Catholic Forane Church 201 N. University Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33071

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1 Our Lady of Health Syro Malabar Catholic Forane Church 201 N. University Drive, Coral Springs, FL Vicar: Rev. Fr. Thomas Kadukappillil Website: Vol. 12 September 10, 2017 First Sunday of Elijah-Cross-Moses Regular Mass Schedule 3 Holy Masses on Sundays: 8:15AM Morning Prayer, 8:30AM- Solemn Holy Qurbana in Malayalam CCD classes at 8:30 AM. 10:00AM- Novena of Arogya Matha at followed by Holy Mass at 10:15AM in English for CCD Children. Evening Mass at 5:00PM Week Day Masses Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: 6:15PM- Holy Mass Wednesdays: St Joseph s Novena after the Holy Mass All Fridays: 6:00-7:00 Confessions 6:30PM- Evening Prayer and Rosary, 7:00PM-Holy Mass. Saturdays: 8:30AM- Rosary and Morning Prayer 9:00AM- Holy Mass and Novena of our Lady. (No Mass on Tuesdays) thfm n amxmth R Ä v th-n At] n Wta! No. 36

2 Vicar: Rev. Fr. Thomas Kadukapillil Phone: (908) Rectory/Office Address: 159 NW 95th Lane, Coral Springs, FL Phone / Fax: Pastoral Assistance: Sr. Jolly Maria SABS Sr. Elsa SABS Convent: Pastoral Council Jose Chazhoor Joy Kuttiyani Parish Kaikkarans- Antony Thottathil Binoy George Sakaria P. Chacko & Manoj Abraham Indian Catholic Association of Florida President Robince Jose Secretary-Benny Parathalakal Parish Youth Committee Arya Aranchery, Riya Babu, Joel Joy, Anjana Deepu, Dhiya Denny, Evelin Bennis, Sneha Joseph & Angely Mathew CCD Coordinators Jimmy Emmanuel Rosily Panikulangara Adult Choir Coordinators Elsy Vathielil & Joby Thundathil (954) Youth Choir Coordinator John Joseph Angadiath- (954) Siji Dennis Angel Choir Coordinators Saji Nelson Shibi George Family Coordinators Sunny & Valsa MathruSangam Coordinators Jessy Parathundil, Asha Johnson, July Tonson, Dr. Rose Joseph, Shini Jithesh & Mary Nicholas Syro Malabar Catholic Congress President- Saju Vadakkel Secretary Robin Antony St. Vincent de Paul Society President : Mathew K Valloor (954) Board: Jose Rathappallil, Jimmy Emmanuel & Jose Prakash Web Administrator: Jithesh Joseph josephjithesh@gmail.com Bulletin Editor: Lukose Pynumkan (561) pynumkan@hotmail.com Pynumkan@gmail.com DATE/DAY Message from Vicariachan feast of THE OUR LADY OF HEALTH My dear Children, Brothers and Sisters in Christ Our Church is dedicated to Mother Mary and named as Our Lady of Health. We celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Health from September 8 to 11, The festal celebration will commence on Friday Sep. 8, 6:45PM with the flag hoisting followed by Holy Mass. Mary mother of all children FIRST SUNDAY OF ELIJAH-CROSS-MOSES BIBLE READINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 10-17, 2017 FEAST/CELEBRATION 1ST READING: OLD TESTAMENT 09/10/2017-SUN First Sunday of Elijah- Deuteronomy 6:20-25/ Cross-Moses Isaiah 31:4-9 2ND READING: EPISTYLES GOSPEL 2Thessalonians 1:3-10 Luke 18: /11/2017-MON 2Corinthians 12:1-6 Luke 12: /12/2017-TUE Galatians 3:15-20 Luke 9: /13/2017-WED St. John Chrysostom Galatians 4:8-11 Luke 12:41-48/Mark 4:1-9 09/14/2017-THU The Exaltation of the Cross Our Lady is a common title to give to Mary as a sign of respect and honor. We call the Church mother. Mary is the mother of the Church. We have always looked at Mary as a mother figure who can mediate for us and comfort us. Our Blessed Mother is unique in all creation, she is also unique as Advocate. If he who prays does not merit to be heard, the merits of the Mother, to whom he recommends himself, will intercede effectually. St. Anselm During the feast of Our Lady of Health, let us all come together and submit ourselves to our most gracious Advocate, mother Mary, Mother of God. As we prepare for Hurricane season, let us intercede to mother Mary, Star of the Sea for protection from Hurricanes, and flooding. Mary is a Woman of many titles, and all of them resound to the glory of the Blessed Trinity, and contribute to the joy and confidence of the Church. I wish all of you the Happy Feast of Our Lady of Health. God s blessings upon you! Fr. Thomas Kadukapillil, Vicariachan Special Message Church Fund Raising: My dear parishioners, Rev. Fr. Kuriakose Kumbakeel will be our main celebrant of the Thirunaal Qurbana on September 10. His home parish, St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar catholic church at Los Angeles decided to buy a new church to accommodate the growing needs of their community. I am requesting all of you to extend our love and generosity to Rev. Fr. Kuriakose Kumbhakeel and his parishioners by giving our support and offering our prayers. May God bless you! Numbers 21:4-9/Isaiah 42: Corinthians 1:18-25 Luke 24: /15/2017-FRI 2Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 4: /16/2017-SAT Colossians 1:24-29 Luke 15:1-7 09/17/2017-SUN First Sunday of the Deuteronomy 8:11-20/ Cross Isaiah 33: Philippians 2:1-11 Matthew 4:12-17

3 Our Lady of Good Health Velankanni There are three major events associated with Our Lady of Good of Health in Vailankanni. The Virgin Mary is said by tradition to have appeared to a shephered boy named Tamil Krishnannesti Sankaranaranayam who offered her child milk. She is subsequently said to have appeared to and healed a crippled boy selling buttermilk. A group of Portuguese sailors attribute being saved from a violent storm to her intercession. They constructed a larger chapel at their landing spot in Vailankanni. A shepherd boy named Tamil Krishnannesti Sankaranaranayam was performing his usual duty of carrying milk from Vailankanni to his master at Nagapattinam. Despite the morning freshness, fatigue overcame him as he was passing by a water pond at the Anna pillai street at Vailankanni. Placing the milk-pot near the banyan tree by the water pond, the boy fell into an unusual slumber, only to be startled to his feet by the sweet vision of a beautiful Lady holding in her hand a most charming child of divine appearance. As the boy was still taken by surprise, the Lady asked for some milk for her child which the boy then reverently offered. The impatient master did not believe the story of the boy. But to the greater astonishment of all present, the milk began to surge over the pot and flow out. On reaching the place of apparition, the gentleman and others began to believe in the her appearance. This place began to be called, "Matha Kulam" (Our Lady's Tank) Around the end of the 16th century, a poor widow and her lame son lived in Vailankanni. Every day the lame boy used to sit under a banyan tree at a place called 'Nadu Thittu' (central mound) and sell butter-milk to the thirsty wayfarers. One day, a very bright light appeared in front of him and from amidst the light, a Lady of peerless grace with a divine Child in her arms, asked the boy for a cup of butter-milk. Then She directed him to go and inform a catholic gentleman at Nagapattinam to put up a Chapel in her name on the spot of her apparition. The boy realized that his legs had become normal upon the word from the Lady. With great joy, he ran to Nagapattinam to carry out the errand. Having been already directed in a vision by Our Lady, the Catholic gentleman, with the support of the people, built a Chapel at 'Nadu Thittu' where now stands the present Shrine Basilica. The Lady was called, 'Our Lady of Good Health'. In the 17th century, a Portuguese merchant vessel was caught in a giant storm in the Bay of Bengal as it was sailing from Macao in China to Colombo in Ceylon.The helpless sailors prayed fervently for Mary the Star of the Sea to save them. They vowed to build a Church in her name, wherever they could land on. The stormy sea became calm. Their ship landed near the shore of Vailankanni on the 8th September, the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady. They transformed the thatched Chapel erected by the catholic gentleman of Nagapattinam into a beautiful stone-built Chapel. On their next visit, they decorated the Altar with porcelain plates, illustrating biblical themes. These plates giving testimony to their thanksgiving to Our Lady, are seen even today around the throne of the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Good Health, over the main altar of the Shrine Basilica. From that time the Feast of Our Lady of Good Health is celebrated every year preceded by hoisting of the flag on August 29th. In 1962, the bishop of the diocese, Dr. R.A. Sundram went to Rome to attend the second session of the Second Vatican Council. At this time he requested that the Holy Father raise the ancient shrine of Our Lady of Vailankanni to the high rank and dignity of a "minor basilica". The request was carefully looked into and magnanimously granted. His holiness Pope John XXIII graciously issued orders raising the sshrine to the exalted state of a minor basilica. Thus the shrine basilica of Vailankanni became linked to the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome. The apparitions of Our Lady of Good Health have not been formally approved but are implicitly approved by the elevation of the church to basilica status. Apostolic Brief of Pope John XXII on the Elevation of the Shrine Basilica of Vailankanni to Minor Basilica Status, 1962 To perpetuate the memory of the event: We learn that at the illustrious church of Vailankanni within the limits of the Diocese of Tanjaore (India) the august Virgin Mary through her powerful intercession imparts to her clients health and is venerated with deep devotion. For pilgrims in large numbers approach the spot even from distant parts and participate in the sacred services especially during the Novena preceding the Nativity of the Mother of God, so much so that this shrine is not undeservedly hailed as the "Lourdes of the East". This singular zeal for the Marian veneration has been practiced from fairly ancient times. (Source: God-Sent: A History of the Accredited Apparitions of Mary by Roy Abraham Varghese) 3

4 Season of Elijah Cross Moses This season points to the second coming of our Lord and the ultimate success of the cross. The central point of this period is the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross celebrated on 14th September. The early Church believed that Elijah would come before the second coming of Jesus Christ (Malachi 4:5). The fact that at the moment of transfiguration of our Lord, Elijah was present with Him strengthened this belief. The transfiguration of Jesus is a symbol of His second coming. The presence of Moses at the scene of transfiguration may have been the reason why this name is added to the Period of Elijah-Cross Moses. The main themes during this period are, the end of the world, death and the last judgement. It exhorts us to be always alert against the temptations of the devil and to eradicate sin from our lives. The early Church believed that the sign that would appear in the sky before the second coming of Christ would be the Cross. Hence we specially remember and celebrate the power and glory of the Cross in this season. In addition, we come across references to the Emperor Constantine s vision of the cross and the finding of the cross by his mother Helena, in theprayers and hymns of this season. Just as Moses extended his staff over the Red Sea and showed the path to Israel across the sea, Jesus has saved humanity revealing the way to paradise through the cross. Referring to the tree of life in paradise and the bronze serpent raised by Moses in the desert, this season reminds us of the glory promised to us through the cross. Here we have a foretaste of the heavenly Church to come. Pictures from Second Day of Novena on September 02, 2017 in preparation of Our Lady of Health Thirunal was led by CCD students. (Photo Courtesy: Lukose Pynumkan) 4

5 The Commencement of Theology Course 1st Semester on September 02, 2017 Rev. Frs. George Danavelil and George Kanjirakatt conducted inaugural session 5