[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT...
November 23, 2002 St.Clement I ( Pope Martyr, Apostolic Father of the Church(--101 AD) *** O God! make us children of quietness,and heirs of peace..!!!*** LIFE: Tradition says that St.Clement was a Jewish convert; a disciple of St. Peter & St.Paul, and that he was the Clement mentioned in St.Paul`s letter to philippians 4:3, as this fellow labourer` in his missions. St.Irenaeus of Lyons writing towards the end of the second century,said of St.Clement that `he saw the blessed Apostles and conversed with them.He had thier preaching still ringing in his ears``. He succeeded St.Anacletus and was pope from 88- 97? ,when the persecuting Emperor Trajan exiled him to the Crimea.There he became consolation of of some some 2,000 fellow Christians; God has granted me a grace of which I am not worthy, by sending me amongst you to share ur crown.According to a legend he was cast into the sea &drowned. St.Clement`s writings were universally held in great admiration and were read on Sundays in churches of both east &west.His famous letter written in 96 , to the Corinthian Church,forms one of the valuable &important document which have come down to us from early Christian times. In the Corinthian church a violent faction had defied and expelled clergy; Pope Clement appealed to their charity and descipline to overcome the jealousy which had been the cause of the internal strife.Observe order,as all creation does! Arrogance is absurd, for man is nothing! Without love nothing is acceptable to God. Christ showed us nothing is more beautiful than charity, when he gave his own Flesh for our flesh and His Souls for our souls. But should any disobey what has been said by Him through us, let them understand that they will entangle themselves in transgressi! on and no small danger." This is the earliest known Papal decree,&by its tone of authority already clearly shows the Supremacy of Rome.St.Clement is named third in the canon of the Mass,after apostles. PATRONAGE: boatmen, marble workers, mariners, sailors, sick children, stonecutters, watermen REFLECTION: We must hasten with all earnestness & readiness of mind ,to perfect every good work ,labouring with cheerfulness; for even the Creator and Lord of all things rejoices in His own works..(St.Clement) Catch all the cricket action. Download Yahoo! Score tracker This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOYnet] Birthday Notification !!!
Hi Friends These are the birthday babies of the day (November 24). manoj jose nellary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wishing you a very happy birthday God Bless With Love The JOYnet Family This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOYnet] Chapathi Jesus, Vastu, horoscopes and stuff like that......
Dear brothers and sisters in Jesus, I have been reading the different mails on vastushastra, horoscopes, science for a christian and the most interesting for me being the image of Jesus and Mary on a burnt up chapathi, the same being enshrined at the RRC, Bangalore for public view. I havent dabbled with vastu much so I dont know what its all about. But I do hear that there is an occult aspect to it Im not too sure ok. Well about horoscopes and zodiacs. I have been blest indeed to have parents who discouraged us kids right from our childhood in believing in palmistry, horoscopes, star signs etc As devout catholics they taught us to shun such practices. I really thank God for my wonderful parents. None of us kids have an interest in this stuff. Ive got a number of friends (even some catholics) who wear rings with their birthstones and stuff like that on it. Whenever I get an opportunity I ask them, why they wear these birth stones and stuff, they tell me that they want to attract good luck. And I further enquire why do u guys limit your good luck to such small stones? ..why not tie a boulder round ure necks? (pun intended) so that ure luck is proportionate to the size of the boulder .. Some of these guys are so bewitched into thinking that they do indeed get good luck by wearing such crap. And instead of keeping quiet about their foolishness they go around broadcasting and thereby other morons also follow suit. I personally feel that these stones or objects have no power on their own. Its when we believe that something has power, our subconscious mind acts on that as though it were a reality and thats how these lucky stones are floated as charms for good luck. I feel its all in the mind. I remember an incident that occurred some few years back in our family before we were going out on a trip to a place called Panipat for an outing. Its a bit off the topic but I hope Im able to illustrate my point with it. All was set for us to go to Panipat, thats when my mom developed stomach problems, she was having stomach ache and lose motion. So she told us that shell stay back and we guys could proceed. I personally felt that it was psychosomatic. So I did a small trick I told mummy of a good medicine that I had that would give her relief from the problem within 10 minutes. She agreed to take it. I gave her the tablet with a glass of water and went on auto suggesting that her stomach problem is ok. True enough after 10 minutes or so she was feeling better and was ready to accompany us for the journey, believe it or not, throughout the trip mummy never had a problem. And what do u think the super tablet was? a lowly button I had picked up from the sewing kit . Only after a few months did I let her know the truth Till about recently, mummy used to go bananas with me whenever I broached up the issue. I narrated this just to substantiate that if we believe in something our mind acts as though it were true I think this is how these horoscopes, goodluck charms, zodiacs etc work Im not a scholar on this issue either its just my viewpoint. And now about the chapathi stuff I dont feel its a miracle. It is more of an anti witness to sensible people than an aid. This morning it was my turn to prepare breakfast. I made chapathis. I took one and I figured out the map of Andaman Nicobar on it. I took another one and looked at it it had the image of a maruti 800 with an elephant sitting on its bonnet I also made out a face similar to osama bin laden . Tomorrow Im gonna burn up the toasts to see if I can get the face of the woman of my dreams:):):)!!hahaha. A few years back in delhi there was this claim that ganeshji & hanumanji was drinking milk (those days I was not yet a JY) so I too went to the temple to see this stuff (not out of belief but out of skepticsm)and I put my finger below the marble mouth of hanumanji and the milk was just drooling over my finger, down, below there was a small drain kind of that led to the soil and there the milk was gobbled up by the earth. Becoz there was a shine on the white marble it was not apparent that the milk was flowing down. After the hoax was established a number of those godmen were put in the coolers (jail). I feel very sad at the plight of some of us catholics who believe these things. It only proves our ignorance of Jesus and his word. Some of the most superstitious people Ive met are catholics (Im sad to say this but I feel its true. I still know a catholic family who used to keep candles, salted fish, pickles etc.. saying that the end of the age is near . they were stocking food stuffs so that they could live a bit longer than the rest at the end of the world Im glad these people have come back to their senses. Thanx to the renewal. Once on a visit to St. Georges church in Muthalakodam in Thodupuzha, Kerala with my dad, I met an old lady praying at the statue of St. George and at the end of the prayer she did something that real
[JOYnet] Evangelization New Zealand
Dear friends in Jesus, Thanks for all the wonderful prayers all these days the power of which have been understood by the New Zealand community. Some of them have already become joynetters. Praise the Lord. Today we had the first day of a 2 day retreat for a nearby city in New Zealand, Hamilton. There was not much of a crowd today but some of them were touched. There were quite a few Kiwis amongst them as well, along with Indians Samoans, and Pilipino. Please do keep them in your prayers for a strong anointing on the people who are coming tomorrow for the sessions on Holy Spirit. God Bless You Sunny New Zealand This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOYnet] Thanks for prayers
Praise the Lord Greetings from Kuwait. Last week i posted one prayer request for X'mas program in Kuwait, lots of people have come up with their prayer supports and personally informed me that they can receite this much rosaries etc., thanks a lot for all the peoples prayers. Love Mahesh Peter JY, Kuwait _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
