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2006 Prayer Group "Eucharistic Flame"

January 06, 2006

Bible word Luke 2. 41-51

Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they travelled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you. Why were you searching for me? he asked. Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house? But they did not understand what he was saying to them. Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.

Reflection:

I wish you a happy new year; God may very much bless you and help you. Gospel passages give us new meaning for the New Year reflection. Child Jesus is missing in the temple. Maybe in the new year we think I am missing Jesus in my life. What we do, we go to church. It means to go to the sacraments.
Finally Joseph and Mary find Jesus in the temple, because they were searching. I can take a good decision for this year, and I will specially focusing on my spiritual life.

I wish you a nice prayer meeting,
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

January 13, 2006

Bible word John 2. 1-11

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, They have no more wine. Dear woman, why do you involve me? Jesus replied. My time has not yet come. His mother said to the servants, Do whatever he tells you. Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, Fill the jars with water; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet. They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realise where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now. This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.

Reflection:

Jesus first miracle he had done in the house. The man was totally upset; he did not know what will do. Mother Mary saw the difficulty of the family and told to Jesus. Jesus had done a miracle in that house. Maybe we are also hoping for a miracle in our life. We can ask the help the mother Mary. She is our loving and beloved mother.
Some times we feel what is the way? But don’t be worry, Jesus said I am the way, life and truth.

I wish you a nice prayer meeting,
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

January 20, 2006

Bible word Luke 18.15-17

People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.

Reflection:

“Let the children come to me and not stop them because the kingdom of God belongs to such these.” We must have one aim in our life to enter the kingdom of God. How we can enter the kingdom of God - to be like a child.
1. They are very happy inside and out side.
2. Not hiding anything.
3. They are very open.
4. Pure heart and pure mind.
5. No worry about tomorrow.
6. They are totally trust their parents.

In my life I have a good experience when children pray God will answer very soon.
So my dear brothers and sisters I wish you a nice prayer meeting and we can ask for the special blessing and grace.

Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

January 27, 2006

Bible word Mathew 22.34-40

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.

Reflection:

We all know the value of the great commandment, but when we practice this some times we find some difficulties. How we can solve the difficulties and have better practice it. So we need very deep vision of our life. God is our loving father and we all are the children of God. Our loving father is always helping us, and he takes care of my life. When we have this feeling deep, it is very pleasant way to love God.

And all are my brothers and sisters-this feeling will be deep. We can very happy to love others, so we need a grace from God. Today’s prayer meeting, we can specially ask for this grace.

Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

February 3, 2006

Bible word Markus 6.30-34

The apostles gathered round Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest. So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. But many who saw them leaving recognised them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters.
These Bible words give us very nice reflection for our prayer meeting. The Apostles came and explained everything what they had done in the Name of Jesus. Jesus told them “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while”. We can observe two main points by this reflection
(1) The apostles did wonderful work in the name of Jesus
(2) come and rest.
Resting with Jesus and in Jesus, we are not only recharged; we absorb Jesus’ heartbeat.
So by prayer and silence we can receive the great power from Jesus and we can work for the kingdom of God.

I wish you a joyful and fruitful prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

February 10, 2006

Bible word Markus 8.34-38

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels.

Reflection:

The main and absolute objective of discipleship is to follow Jesus and to be identified with his mission, his teaching, and his values. It is to be able to say, like St. Paul. “I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me” (Gal 2.20). The trademark of Jesus is the cross; without the cross there is no Christ. Once a disciple decides to follow and to be faithful to Jesus, and therefore lives his life according to the values and virtues of the kingdom, the disciple by that very choice choose to against the way of the world.
So my dear brothers and sisters we can look what is attitude of cross in our life, we have a cross in our life situation. We can ask the grace to take the cross and follow Jesus in a right way.

I wish you a joyful prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

February 17, 2006

Bible word Luke 15.8-10

Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbours together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin. In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

Reflection:

Dear brothers and sisters, very interesting insights revels by this parable.
The lady had lost her coins. Only one aim is that she had to find the lost coins. Three actions characterize her response
(1) She lights the lamp
(2) sweeps the house
(3) searches carefully.
When she finds the coin she rejoices and calls her female friends to celebrate with her. By this parable high lights there will be rejoice in Heaven when the sinner repent. So how can be make a good confession? The light of the Jesus teaching we have to look into our life, and by his precious blood we have to wash our life, we look our life what mistake I had done, then make a good confession by the grace of God. The result will be happiness in heaven and our personal life too.

Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

February 24, 2006

Bible word Mark 1.14-19

After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. The time has come, he said. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news! As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. Come, follow me, Jesus said, and I will make you fishers of men. At once they left their nets and followed him. When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.

Reflection:

Jesus said the right time has come, turn away from sins and believe the Good news. By this words Jesus telling to all mainly two things
(1) Turn away from sin - we have to look ourselves about our life, am I still in sinful situation, maybe most of the time we are looking to others and judging others,
2) believe in the Good news - believe in Jesus teaching and his mighty providence in our life.
As Jesus walked along the shore of Lake Galilee he saw the fisher men. Jesus said them “come with me, and I will teach you to catch the men” – we all have the mission to the catch the men to the kingdom of God. How it will happen? To be with Jesus and He will teach us.

I wish you a nice prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

March 3, 2006

Bible word Mathew 6.1-6

Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honoured by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters,
now we are entering the Lenten season, in order to prepare the holy week. It is really wonderful preparation time in our life journey, to know how is going our inner journey and to renew our life for the kingdom of God. Jesus is our loving father. He is always mercy to us, waiting for us with his compassionate love. Very unconditionally he loves us; it is a very permanent love for us. Today’s gospel reading points out there are two points
(1) do good things for others
(2) prayer life.

I would like to say that for my reflection to do good things for others, it is basically to be good for others. How can be good for others? Some times instead of showing deep understanding and love we express sometime very strong judgment. So it is the time for looking others through the eyes of Jesus, and does good help for others.
Secondly it is time for growing more in our prayer life. How we can grow in our prayer life? I always keep in my mind our beloved mother Theresa of Calcutta. Her words “silence produce prayer, prayer produce faith, faith produce love, love produce service, service produce peace.”

I wish you very nice Lenten time and joyful prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

March 10, 2006

Bible word Mark 1.14-15

After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. The time has come, he said. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!

Reflection:

Now we are in the Lenten season, really it is the very great time for our spiritual season to grow more in Jesus and have a time to renew our spiritual life. Suppose if we have a flower garden, time to time we will give good manure for the wellbeing of the plant. And we never forget to give water to the plant, so we have hope the good flower or good fruit from the plant.

Today’s bible word gives us very touching insight for our spiritual life. Actually it is the right time (Lenten season) to renew in our life, how we can achieve our life more in a spiritual way – TURN AWAY FROM SIN AND BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS.

My dear loving brothers and sisters in Christ wish you a joyful and fruitful prayer meeting,
thanks for keeping me in your prayers.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

March 17, 2006

Bible word Mark 9.2-10

After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters- one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah. (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.) Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him! Suddenly, when they looked round, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what rising from the dead meant.

Reflection:

Central to the Christian faith is the belief that glory can only be achieved through the cross. Yet Christians often react negatively to suffering. They want happiness without the cross. Jesus and his disciple have the wonderful experience on the top of mountains, they were praying, they heard the voice

“This is my beloved son. Listen to Him”. What is this message convey to our life – in our daily life we are hearing many bad news, but Jesus is bringing the good news for everybody, “I am with you” “don’t be worry” “I will give you a new heart and new mind” etc. We can listen his voice and can think in a positive and graceful way.

Wish you a pleasant prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

March 24, 2006

Bible word Matthew 15.32-39

Jesus called his disciples to him and said, I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way. His disciples answered, Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd? How many loaves do you have? Jesus asked. Seven, they replied, and a few small fish. He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. They all ate and were satisfied. Afterwards the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was four thousand, besides women and children. After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

Reflection:

My dear brothers and sisters,
Jesus miracle speak us good insight for our life. People came to hear the word of God, it is very empty place, but Jesus made the miracle for the people. Some times we think how it will possible in my life, but believe and trust in God, God can make miracle and wonders in our life, prayer can move the mountains. Jesus is answer for the spiritual hunger, only Jesus can give us the unconditional love, his friendship never break up,

I wish you a nice prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

March 31, 2006

Bible word John 5.17-30

Jesus said to them, My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working. For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. Jesus gave them this answer: I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. Moreover, the Father judges no-one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honour the Son just as they honour the Father. He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father, who sent him. I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out- those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

Reflection:

Jesus answered them “My father is always working, so I am at work”. My dear loving brothers and sisters we all need joy and happy in our life, but sometimes we are very sad and unhappy mood, the reason that we have so many questions in our mind some questions we have no answer this will block our joy. But Jesus gives the right answer for all our questions, my father is always working so I am at work.

I wish you a nice prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

April 7, 2006

Bible word John 10.31-42

Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me? We are not stoning you for any of these, replied the Jews, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'? If he called them 'gods', to whom the word of God came- and the Scripture cannot be broken- what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'? Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father. Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptising in the early days. Here he stayed and many people came to him. They said, Though John never performed a miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true. And in that place many believed in Jesus.

Reflection:

The Jews again picked up rocks to stone him. Dear brothers and sisters we are very near to Easter, but before the resurrection Jesus had under gone a deep pain full movements in his life. He came to this world to proclaim the kingdom of God, each movement he was working on it, but the result is pain full and misunderstanding. This insight may give deep orientation in our life, sometimes our good work people can not understand but be courage and strong, Jesus is alive.

I wish you a nice prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

April 21, 2006

Bible word John 5.1-17

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie- the blind, the lame, the paralysed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, Do you want to get well? Sir, the invalid replied, I have no-one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me. Then Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your mat and walk. At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat. But he replied, The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' So they asked him, Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk? The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you. The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. Jesus said to them, My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.

Reflection:

Dear loving brothers and sisters,
Jesus is source of all blessing and healing. When we come near to Him we all experience his mighty healing in our life. A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. He had been for a long time waiting for healing, really he had very much inner wound also-he said: I have no one to help me. Jesus healed him not only physical healing but inner healing also. We can ask for the healing, then our life become more joyful and peaceful.

I wish you a nice prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

April 28, 2006

Bible word John 6.1-14

Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Feast was near. When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming towards him, he said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat? He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. Philip answered him, Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite! Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up, Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many? Jesus said, Make the people sit down. There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them. Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted. So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.

Reflection:

Jesus is so compassionate for all people. It is very clear from the bible words. Five thousand people and five bread. Jesus made miracle for that. The empty situation Jesus made miracle. We can look our life.
Maybe everything is empty-so we can believe that God can make miracle in the situation.
The disciples bring the five bread and two fish (only they have) so we can bring what we have -our little faith and ask him to make miracle on it, believe -prayer can move the mountains.

Wish you a pleasant prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

May 5, 2006

Bible word luke 19.1-10

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today. So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. All the people saw this and began to mutter, He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner'. But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount. Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

Reflection:

Jesus said to Zacchaeus: today salvation has come to his house. These are very nice and happy news for him, because he is very ready to change his life. This God wants from our life to be ready to change the life for the betterment. We need special grace from God to change for the good life. When Holy Spirit works in our life we become a new person.

I wish you a joyful prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

May 26, 2006

Bible word Jeremia 29.11

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Reflection:

God has a deep plan for our life and we can be so happy that this plan is for our betterment.
God is our beloved loving papa so he wants to care of our life. But we make our own plan. Some times our plan and Jesus plan can not go together, so he will break our plan sometimes. Only his purpose for our betterment. God makes our plan for the spirtual betterment.

I wish you a joyful prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

June 2, 2006

Bible word Matthew 12.46-50

While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you. He replied to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? Pointing to his disciples, he said, Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.

Reflection:

We can be very happy that we have the chance to be Jesus mother and brothers. Only one condition: "whoever does what my Father in heaven wants him to do is my brother, my sister, and my mother." Mother Mary very clearly says "Do whatever he tells you" (John 2.5).
Today Jesus speaks to us by bible, by the church and our day to day experience too. We can have the time for Jesus voice in our life.

Wish you a blessful prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

June 9, 2006

Bible word Mathew 18.18-20

I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.

Reflection:

Jesus word is always encouraging in your prayer meeting. "For where two or three come together in my name I am there with them." So in all our prayer meeting is a wonderful presence of God. Jesus is our beloved guest of our prayer meeting. He will bless us and help us in a special way. We can make our prayer meeting with full of happy and joy.

Wish you a pleasant prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

June 16, 2006

Bible word Luke 19.1-10

Reflection:

This bible passages give us a beautiful explanation that how an ordinary man get a wonderful God experience in his life. Zachaus was an ordinary man together with many weakness. He was very little man, not good behaviour in his duty, but he was very much wished to see Jesus, his deeps wish in his heart he did many practical things: - he climbed on a sycamore tree. He heard Jesus voice “to hurry down” he obeyed it.
Jesus is also telling us to hurry down. We all have our own tree. May be its our worry or our anxious, or our proud? We can ask the grace from heaven to renew our life in a better way.

I wish you a fruitful prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

June 23, 2006

Bible word Luke 11.27-28

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you. He replied, Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters,
we all are searching for the true Happiness for the life. It is very important for our life. We all have many concept of happiness and also we have many view point that how to get true happiness. Sometimes our point is not correct for the true happiness. One woman told to Jesus “How happy is the woman who bore you and nursed you, but Jesus answered “Rather how happy are those who hear the word of God and obey it. By Jesus word it very clears how we can achieve the true happiness. So our prayer group and bible reading is very necessary to receive the true joy and happiness. So don’t forget one important word that Jesus said “obey the word of God”.

I wish you a pleasant prayer meeting with much blessing.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

June 30, 2006

Bible word John 19.31-37

Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: Not one of his bones will be broken, and, as another scripture says, They will look on the one they have pierced.

Reflection:

SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus came into the Catholic faith through a Catholic sister known as Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690). At the age of 24, Margaret Mary entered the Visitation convent At Paray-le-Monial in France. She began to have visions of Our Lord and on December 27, 1673, on the Feast of St. John, she began to have visions that Lasted for eighteen months. Jesus told her that she was to become his instrument in spreading devotion to His Sacred Heart. While kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament, Our Lord appeared to her and invited her to "Rest a long time on His Divine Breast". Jesus revealed to her the marvels of the love that His Sacred Heart had for mankind.

Jesus said to her: "MY DIVINE HEART IS SO FULL OF LOVE FOR MEN AND FOR YOU IN PARTICULAR THAT, NO LONGER ABLE TO CONTAIN WITHIN ITSELF THE FLAMES OF ITS BURNING CHARITY, IT MUST SPREAD THESE FLAMES BY MEANS OF YOU, AND IT MUST MANIFEST ITSELF TO MEN IN ORDER TO ENRICH THEM WITH ITS PRECIOUS TREASURES. I HAVE CHOSEN YOU TO ACHIEVE THIS GRAND CRUSADE OF LOVE."

Saint Margaret Mary had frequent visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. According to Saint Margaret Mary, His Divine Heart was "more radiant than the sun and as transparent as crystal," with its adorable wound visible, and as a "furnace" of burning flames.

In June, 1675: during the feast of Corpus Christi, while praying before Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Monstrance. Our Lord revealed His Heart to her and said: "HERE IS THE HEART THAT HAS SO LOVED MEN AS TO SPARE NOTHING FOR THEM, EXHAUSTING AND CONSUMING ITSELF IN ORDER TO PROVE ITS LOVE FOR THEM; AND IN RETURN I RECEIVE, FROM MOST OF THEM, ONLY INGRATITUDE."

Jesus asked her to have a special feast established in honour of His Sacred Heart on the Friday After the feast of Corpus Christi. Jesus asked his followers to receive Holy Communion on that day and to make atonement for the sins of the world by an act of Reparation.

Jesus asked her to have an image made of His Sacred Heart and to have it promoted throughout the world with special promises to those souls who would Display His image of His Sacred Heart.

She consulted with her enlightened spiritual Director whom God had given her. On the following Friday, June 21, Father de la Colombiere, her priest-director, and Saint Margaret Mary consecrated Themselves to the Sacred Heart. With great sufferings and humiliations, Father de la Colombiere and Saint Margaret Mary made every effort to spread the new Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Lord Jesus revealed to Saint Margaret Mary the following promises to those souls who would honour the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus:

1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their State of life.

2. I will establish peace in their homes.

3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

4. I will be their secure refuge during life and Above all in death.

5. I will bestow a large blessing upon all their Undertakings.

6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the Infinite ocean of mercy.

7. Tepid souls shall grow fervent.

8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high Perfection.

9. I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honoured.

10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the Most hardened hearts.

11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.

12. I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the first Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their Sacraments; My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge In this last moment."

Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

July 7, 2006

Bible word John 20.24-29

Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it. A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you! Then he said to Thomas, Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe. Thomas said to him, My Lord and my God! Then Jesus told him, Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.

Reflection:

St. Thomas always called “the doubter” when he was the only apostle who eventually made the clearest profession of faith “My Lord and my God”. When Jesus proceed to dangerous Jerusalem Thomas invited the other disciples

“Come let us go along to die with him” (john 11.16) During the Last supper he was honest enough to tell his Master “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, how we know the way (john 14.5)

In 1972, Pope Paul VI proclaimed Thomas the patron saint of India.

Thomas passed through the darkness of doubt to a deep faith in the Risen Lord and became the credible witness of Christ’s resurrection. He can lead us to Christ and to an honest profession of faith.

i wish you pleasent prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

August 25, 2006

Bible word Mathew 22.34-40

My dear loving brothers and sisters,
today’s reflection is based on the commandment. The deep spirit of the commandment is Love, to love God and to love others. I would like say the love has different colour, heavenly colour, selfish colour, material colour, pleasure seeking love etc. Jesus came to this world to fulfil the heavenly colourful love, we can look the relevant of the heavenly colourful love:
(1) it is unconditional,
(2) it is compassionate
(3) everlasting love
(4) caring love
(5) self-giving love.
If my journey to the kingdom may fulfil only when we experience the heavenly love, it is like a water for the tree, or gasoline for the car, we can ask the special grace of the heavenly love in our life, when our loving God filling the heavenly love in our heart we can easily love God and others with unconditional love.

Wish you a glad prayer meeting with loving presence of God.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

September 1, 2006

Bible word Mathew 25.1-13

At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight the cry rang out: 'Here's the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!' Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.' 'No,' they replied, 'there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.' But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. Later the others also came. 'Sir! Sir!' they said. 'Open the door for us!' But he replied, 'I tell you the truth, I don't know you.' Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters,

today’s bible words give us the beautiful reflection for our life. “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise” the difference between the wise and foolish. The wise who have oil with the lamps and foolish have no oil with the lamps. Both of them waiting were for the bridegroom. By this bible words Jesus is going to indicate a very clear message for all the people, the message is that we are all one day before the God, the oil is our good deeds to others, in the earth we have sufficient time for doing the good for others, today when I was reading the news paper from India, one news very much touched my heart, a rich man the day of her daughter marriage he helped 29 other poor girls to have a family, he arranged the marriage celebration, etc. We can ask the grace of God, to do more good things for others, then we have a oil and we are wise too.

I wish you pleasant prayer meeting with much blessing.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

September 8, 2006

Bible word John 15.1-10

I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters in Christ,
Jesus empowering words will always give more courage and strength in our life, Bible words has healing power and at the same time it has deep changing power form the darkness to the light. Jesus said I am the wine tree and you are the branches, how deep connection the branches and wine tree. Connection-it is deep word for our spiritual life to be always connected with Jesus and the kingdom of God, some time we loose the connection, the result is very clear we become powerless. No power in side, no joy inside, when we connect with our life to Jesus, of course the fruit is very quite sure. If we are far away from the Jesus always we have a dry experience. Only one solution to be connected with Jesus, how we can always to be connected with Jesus, by prayer, Holy mass, adoration and Rosary are the best means to connect with the kingdom of God. Jesus said we are the branches, of course a branch must know some times the cutting experience will come. Actually it is not a cutting experience it is pruning experience, a person more near to Jesus he or she can understand it not a cutting experience but it is pruning experience. Some years before I wrote an article in christen magazine the title is “pruning experience” I was very deeply explaining the cutting experience that our Lord can make the pruning experience. after some days later I got a letter from the nursing student she wrote to me “P. Joseph thanks for your article, I got a very bad note in the school, so I decided to end my life, but at that day I read your article which come from the magazine I changed my mind, by the article Jesus saved my life prise the lord”

My dear brothers and sisters God may bless you and loving Jesus may change your cutting experience in to pruning experience, in Kana He changed water in to wine, of course believe and trust in Him he will change the situation, prise the lord.

Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

September 15, 2006

Bible word Matthew 11. 28-30

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Reflection:

Jesus says to everybody: “come to me those who carrying heavy loads I will give you rest.” Very deep tenderly love we can see in this words. No any other place only near Jesus. Some times we will have some doubt and we ask questions too. Where is God and where is God’s love? I would like to share with one touching incidents which I read few days before. A prayer group leader who is going with five year girl to the vacation, he was deeply pain in his heart because some days before his loving wife died. To forget the deep pain in his heart he decided to go faraway for the vacation and have long ship journey. During the ship journey the day Sunday the captain of ship asked him can you make the prayer secession for the passengers and to give some words for God’s love. For him it was little difficult to speak about the God’s love because of the incident happened in his life, but he spoke about the God’s love with the painful mind. After the sermon, his five year old girl asked him papa how you can tell the people God’s love because our mama already died. Papa was thinking the right answer for his daughter, finally he took her in the top of the ship and said her look the sky, God’s love is like that it is so wide. Look the sea God’s love is very deep, look the stars, God’s love is very much shining, and very soon the little daughter answered to the papa: “Now I understand that we are the middle of the God’s love.
My dear brothers and sisters, this thinking will help our life very much, even though we have pain and trials let us keep always in our mind.“ We are the middle of God’s love.

Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

September 29, 2006

Bible word Luke 10.25-37

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. Teacher, he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life? What is written in the Law? he replied. How do you read it? He answered: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' You have answered correctly, Jesus replied. Do this and you will live. But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, And who is my neighbour? In reply Jesus said: A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he travelled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.' Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? The expert in the law replied, The one who had mercy on him. Jesus told him, Go and do likewise.

Reflection:

We all have the special call to be a “good Samaritan”. The bible we can see this special call for everybody. Jesus said to love your God with full strength and your neighbour to the same manner. We are very happy that somebody listening to us with out judgement, or helping us unconditional way. It will be a tremendous experience, we keep them in our heart, mind and our prayers, it means we are living not only this earth alone but the others heart too, it is so amazing feeling that we have place in somebody’s heart.
Only one way is to be good for others. Recently one article I red the magazine, an old man was sitting the road side, he need some help, he seems to be sick too, that road near the desert so somebody told them only four people will go in that day by this road, perhaps someone will help you, he was waiting for a long time, one person came he looked at his eyes he didn’t ask any help, the second and third person also go with that road he looked at him, but he didn’t ask the help, the forth one came he looked at the eyes and ask the help, the forth man asked him, why you dint ask the help for others those who already passed this way, how you have sure that I will help you, the old man answered “ when they came I looked their eyes I haven’t seen any love and concern in their eyes so I dint ask the help, because I know they will not help me, when you came I looked your eyes then I saw the love and concern in your eyes so I am sure that you will help me. My dear loving brothers and sisters, we can ask for the grace to have the good mind for others, then we can be a good Samaritan for others.

Wish you a pleasant prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

October 6, 2006

Bible word John 15.7

If you are remaining in me my words remains in you whatever you ask you have it.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters in Christ, these bible words always give me very much power and inspiration. Jesus says I will answer your prayers. It is very clearly two points are very much highlighted
(1) you are remaining me
(2) whatever you ask.
Many times we are forgetting the first part, so that many of our prayers are not answering. I would like to share two experience this week I have God answered the prayers. One last days in September 28, it was a great typhoon in Philippines, already the radio and TV announced it, it is signal no3, it was very strong, and dangerous. In September 27 in my house we have a prayer meeting, we prayed for the miracle of God, so 28 it was very strong typhoon, nobody can go out because of the powerful storm, so my village no dangerous happened very much protected and other aria is very much damaged many trees fall down about 90 people died also, about 6000 people evacuated. God is good he will answer my prayers.
And another example, one of my friend who is staying in Europe. He had the problem for 5 years about the job. I told him trust and pray to Jesus, last days he telephoned me with a happy mood, he had already good and per meant job.
So my dear brothers and sisters, we can remain in him and we can ask all the blessing. God is the source of our blessing.

Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

October 13, 2006

Bible word Matthew 5.10-12

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Reflection:

God is with you - when you are alone
God is with you - when you are in full of pain
God is with you - when they reject you and cast you out
God is with you - when you can not see any progress
God is with you - when you are anxious and afraid
God is with you - when no one likes you
God is with you - when you worry and cannot sleep
God is with you - when some one hurt you
God is with you - when you are in great danger
God is with you - when you are sick and need help
God is with you - when you cannot bear your sorrow alone

Wish you a pleasant prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

October 20, 2006

Bible word 1.Thessalonians 5.15-18

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Reflection:

The joy of the Lord is my strength.
My dear brothers and sisters, our loving God want be happy all the time, this is the will of God. Here in manila where I am staying, people are so happy and have a smiling face; I asked some one how can be happy. They told me, “Jesus is alive my Jesus is alive” even though it is small word but contain everything. Every week in my house we have a Eucharistic flame prayer meeting we sing this song “alive and alive my Jesus is alive”.

I wish you pleasant day and joyful prayer session.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

October 27, 2006

Bible word Mathew 13.44-46

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters, if Jesus is asking one question to you, what is your treasure? We have many answers according to our life situation, for example if we have financial problem we give the answer that money is the treasure, if we have sickness, we say health is the treasure, but the right answer is that “Jesus and his words are my treasures”. All other treasure cab be broken, only God is the source of our blessing. I would like to share one incidents, I know one old man he is about more than 85 years old, when he was young he couldn’t go to school, so he didn’t know how to read and write, but when he become old, he was very much interested to study how to read and write, some one asked him, why you are so initiate to study, he replied “Before my death I have to read the whole bible”.

Wish you a very good reflection and have a pleasant prayer meeting.
God may bless you and your family,
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

November 3, 2006

Bible word Mathew 7.1-5

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way as you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters,
Jesus is telling us stop judging others, in our daily life, many time we are judging others, actually we did not know exactly the truth, we look in our own eyes. The reality is that no one is fully perfect and no one is fully wrong. If we look our life we can observe that we are making mistakes many times, then how we can make judgment others. One thing we can do in our daily life, try to be more good, friendly and spiritual, and practically what we can make try to find good in others, then our life will be more peaceful, others too.

Wish you a joyful prayer meeting with much blessing.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

November 10, 2006

Bible word Mathew 5.13-16

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters,
we all know that salt and light is very important.
Salt will make food more taste, every body like tasty food, but when we eat the food we didn’t know where the salt is. Like our life if we have good life it make others life happy and our personal life too. If we are not happy in our personal life we can not bring happiness to others, so it is very necessary to have happiness or salt in our life, because of many things happened in our life we may lost our salt in our life, but God can give the salt again in our life. Trust in Him, Jesus said I am the light of the world, when go near to him, we can receive the light from him,

Wish you a joyful prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

November 17, 2006

Bible word Mathew 18.1-5

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters in Christ,
Jesus saying to us “you change and become like a child”. Jesus wants a change in our life, our way of looking, thinking etc. Everybody wish have good and positive change in our life, to come near Jesus. HE WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND NEW MIND.
I would like to say small experience, today morning in my divine mercy house I had a visitor, a small girl about 5 years old, she is the daughter of my neighbouring family, she came to my house and said “p.joseph can you bless my rosary”. I blessed the rosary for her, then she said thank you father. She is coming frequently for the Eucharistic flame meeting with her mamma. We can have a deep faith and trust like children.

Wish you a joyful prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

December 01, 2006

Bible word Luke 10.21-24

At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. All things have been committed to me by my Father. No-one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no-one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Reflection:

My dear brothers and sisters,
we are in month of December, every where we are can see many shops which are selling many Christmas decoration and gifts too. In my place Manila I can observe almost all the houses are already decorated now with illuminating lights, so starts the good mood of celebration. Today’s bible word starting Jesus rejoiced with Holy Spirit. Of course holy sprit can bring the true joy and happiness in our life. Why I say true happiness, all other happiness is not lasting or permanent, only Holy Spirit can bring the full happiness in our life. A small prayer we can have every day in our life “come holy spirit I need you”.

I wish you a pleasant and joyful prayer meeting.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

December 08, 2006

Bible word Luke 1.26-38

In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, Greetings, you who are highly favoured! The Lord is with you. Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favour with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; his kingdom will never end. How will this be, Mary asked the angel, since I am a virgin? The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God. I am the Lord's servant, Mary answered. May it be to me as you have said. Then the angel left her.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters in Christ,
I would like to wish you the Immaculate Conception our Mother Mary.
The immaculate conception we can see the great work of the Holy Spirit. The angel came near Mother Mary and said to her “Don’t be afraid, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son called Jesus”. Mary asked how it will happen? The Angel answered to her “the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and the power of the most high will overshadow you”. Holy Spirit is the answer, perhaps we have many questions in our life but try to believe in God and depend on the power of the Holy Spirit, it will be an answer and solution.
I would like to say one small example recently happened in my life, I was planning a permission to my provincial superior, something connected with my future evangelization, I was praying to God please give me the right time or good sign for that. The next day when I open my computer I have letter from my provincial superior asking me if I need any permission for my future please write to him.
God is so alive and Holy Spirit is so powerful.

I wish you pleasant prayer meeting.
Mother Mary may help you and your family.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

December 15, 2006

Bible word Mathew 11.28-30

Reflection:

My dear brothers and sisters,
Jesus invites us “Come to me, I will give rest for you.” These words bring much happiness and peace in our mind, if we look into our own life most of the time we have no rest and we are worry of many things. So we have place to go and we have a place to put all our worries and pain to the place near Jesus. When we trust in God and believe in him, deeply all our problems Jesus can make in a positive way. Bible says Roma 8.28; if we love God he will make everything in our betterment.
I would like to share a small thing to you. Few days before I want to write some important emails, but there was a problem in my internet, actually it is not pleasing to me, and then very soon I thought this bible words, God will make everything for our betterment. After that I went to the neighbouring family for writing the email, they told me P. Joseph this evening one bishop is visiting our house please join us for dinner and chance to meet the bishop too. So the evening I went to the house and dinner together with the bishop and we spoke about many spiritual things and he gave the blessing also for me. I am thinking because of the internet problem helped me to get the blessing from the bishop.
So my dear brothers and sisters whatever happens in our life believe and trust in God, he can make everything in a perfect way.

I wish you a joyful prayer meeting
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

December 22, 2006

Bible word John 1.1-18

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognise him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.' From the fulness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No-one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.

Reflection:

I wish you a happy Christmas.
Today I was thinking what message I would like to give my prayer groups. Very soon the idea came from my mind, take the word “Christmas”. From this word itself God wants to speak something.

C = CHRIST
H = HEART
R = REWARD
I = MYSELF
S = SALVATION
M = MOTHER MARY
A = ALL
S = SOURCE

“Christ is the source of reward for all”
“My heart is to be prepared for Jesus.”
“Mother Mary prepared her heart for Jesus”
“God is with us”
“Salvation for all”

Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel

Prayer Meeting "Eucharistic Flame"

December 29, 2006

Bible word Mathew 2.13-18

When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. Get up, he said, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: Out of Egypt I called my son. When Herod realised that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.

Reflection:

My dear loving brothers and sisters,
we are in a good mood of Christmas and New Year. How we can keep this good mood in our heart all the time? To be with Jesus, but keep in mind to be with Jesus is some times difficult, and pain, but it will bring everlasting happiness. The bible clearly speaks “the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt”. Here we can see our beloved St. Joseph without asking any question obey the message. So I would like to tell you, take the pain which we have and look it in a positive way, and ask Jesus grow in me.

Wish you a pleasant prayer meeting and a happy new year.
Your loving brother in Christ
P. Joseph Vadakkel