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Saturday, April 30, 2011

ഫാ ആന്റണി - ചിക്കാഗോയുടെ സ്വന്തം ഖദ്ദാഫി (followed by Tom Varkey's Comment)

നല്ലയിടയന്‍റെ ഉപമയ്ക്കു  ഫാ ആന്റണി തുണ്ടത്തില്‍ ഈയിടെ നല്‍കിയ വ്യാഖ്യാനം യേശു ക്രിസ്തുവിനെപ്പോലും ആശ്ചര്യപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതായിരുന്നു. കുടുംബത്തിന്‍റെ നാഥനാണ് ഇടയന്‍, അതുപോലെതെന്നെ കുടുംബാംഗങ്ങള്‍ കുഞ്ഞാടുകളും. ഇതാണ് ഫാ. ആന്റണിയുടെ ഭാഷ്യം.
ഈ വിചിത്രമായ വ്യാഖ്യാനം കൊണ്ട് താന്‍ ചിക്കാഗോ ഇടവകയിലെ കുഞ്ഞാടുകളുടെ ഇടയനേയല്ല  എന്ന് അദ്ദേഹം തുറന്നു സമ്മതിച്ചിരിക്കുകയാണ്. ഇടയന്‍റെ ഒരു പരിവേഷം പോലും അണിയാതെ  സത്യം തുറന്നു പറഞ്ഞത്  അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്‍റെ വ്യക്തി പ്രഭാവം എന്ന് തന്നെ കരുതാം. 
പിറകോട്ടു ചിന്തിച്ചാല്‍ ഫാ. ആന്റണി ഒരിക്കലും ചിക്കാഗോ ഇടവകക്കാര്‍ക്ക് ഒരു പിതാവോ, ഇടയനോ ആയി വര്‍ത്തിച്ചിട്ടില്ല എന്നതാണ് സത്യം. തന്‍റെ പൌരോഹിത്യത്തിന്റെ പകുതിയിലധികം കാലം അദ്ദേഹം ചിലവഴിച്ചത് ചിക്കാഗോയിലെ ഒരു കൊച്ചു സ്വേച്ഛാധിപതിയായിട്ടാണ്. നമ്മുടെ സ്വന്തം ഖദ്ദാഫിയായിട്ടു എന്ന് വേണമെങ്കില്‍ പറയാം.  ചിക്കാഗോ വികാരിയുടെ വേഷം കെട്ടി കഴിഞ്ഞ പത്തു വര്‍ഷത്തോളം അദ്ദേഹം കാഴ്ചവെച്ചത് ഏതു തഴക്കം വന്ന രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരനെയും അസൂയാലുവാക്കുന്ന പ്രകടനമായിരുന്നു. ജനങ്ങളെ ആട്ടിയും വിരട്ടിയും ഒതുക്കി  അദ്ദേഹം വെറും ഷണ്ഡന്‍മാരാക്കി. ഭീഷണിയും വിലകുറഞ്ഞ പെരുമാറ്റവും സംസാരവും അദ്ദേഹം തന്‍റെ പതിവാക്കി.  സാമാന്യ മനുഷ്യന് പോലും ചേരാത്ത അത്ര തരം താഴ്ന്ന രീതിയില്‍ ജനങ്ങളോട് പെരുമാറുന്ന സ്വഭാവം അദ്ദേഹം തന്‍റെ ഒരു സ്ഥിരം സ്റ്റൈല്‍ ആക്കി മാറ്റി. അസഹിഷ്ണുത അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്‍റെ കൂടെപ്പിറപ്പാണ്. തന്‍റെ അഭിപ്രായങ്ങളോട് നൂറു ശതമാനം യോചിക്കാത്തവരെയും, എന്തെങ്കിലും കാര്യത്തില്‍ അദ്ദേഹത്തെ ചോദ്യം ചെയ്യുന്നവരെയും തല്‍ക്ഷണം ചീട്ടു കീറി കുപ്പയില്‍ തള്ളും. 

അതേസമയം തന്‍റെ കസേരയില്‍ ഈ നീണ്ടകാലം വാണരുളാന്‍ അങ്ങാടിയത്ത് ബിഷപ്പിനെ ചാത്തന്‍ സേവ ചെയ്യാനുള്ള വിരുതും അദ്ദേഹം പ്രദര്‍ശിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. അദ്ദേഹത്തെ വേണ്ടിടത്തൊക്കെ ചൊറിഞ്ഞു സുഖിപ്പിച്, തന്‍റെ കസേരക്ക് ഇതുവരെ വന്നിട്ടുള്ള വെല്ലുവിളികളെയൊക്കെ അദ്ദേഹം തരണം ചെയ്തു. തന്‍റെ തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ടവരെ മാത്രം പാരിഷ് കൌണ്‍സിലിലും മറ്റു കമ്മിറ്റികളിലും തിരുകിക്കയറ്റി അദ്ദേഹം അവരോധിച്ചു. ഭക്തസംഘടകള്‍ പോലും രാഷ്ട്രീയ വല്‍ക്കരിച്ച് തന്‍റെ വരുതിക്ക് നില്‍ക്കുന്നവരെ മാത്രം അദ്ദേഹം അവയുടെ നേതൃ സ്ഥാനത്തു പ്രതിഷ്ടിച്ചു. ഒരു personality cult തന്നെ അദ്ദേഹം ചിക്കാഗോയില്‍ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു കഴിഞ്ഞു. പള്ളിയിലെ സര്‍വമാന കമ്മിറ്റികളും സംഘടനകളും രാഷ്ട്രീയപാര്‍ട്ടികളുടെ പോഷക സംഘടനകള്‍ക്ക് തുല്യമാക്കി അദ്ദേഹം മാറ്റി. എല്ലാം അദ്ദേഹത്തിനു ഓശാന പാടുന്ന fans' club കളാക്കി അദ്ദേഹം പരിവര്‍ത്തനം ചെയ്തു. 

എന്നാല്‍ തന്‍റെ ഭരണകാലത്തെ നേട്ടം എന്ന് അദ്ദേഹം വീമ്പിളക്കുന്ന കത്തീദ്രല്‍ ദേവാലയത്തിന് പറയാനുള്ളത് വലിയൊരു ജനവഞ്ചനയുടെ കഥയാണ്‌. തന്‍റെ താജ് മഹാള്‍ എന്ന് അദ്ദേഹം കരുതുന്ന കത്തീദ്രല്‍ പള്ളിനിര്‍മ്മാണത്തിന് പിറകില്‍ നടന്ന ഗൂഡാലോചനകളുടെയും അണിയറ രഹസ്യങ്ങളുടെയും ചുരുളുകള്‍ താമസിയാതെ ഈ പേജുകളില്‍ അഴിയുന്നതാണ്. നിലവിലുണ്ടായിരുന്ന ഒരു പള്ളി കണ്ടം ചെയ്ത്, അതെ കോമ്പൌണ്ടില്‍ മറ്റൊരു പള്ളി പണി തീര്‍ത്തതിനു പിറകിലെ രഹസ്യം എന്ത്? എന്ത് കൊണ്ട് പഴയ പള്ളിയെ  അവിടെ തന്നെ ഒരിടവകയായി തുടരാന്‍ അനുവദിച്ചു കൊണ്ട് പുതിയ കത്തീദ്രല്‍ ദേവാലയം സൌകര്യപ്രതമായ മറ്റൊരിടത്ത് പണിയാന്‍ അധികാരികള്‍ തുനിഞ്ഞില്ല? 

കഴിഞ്ഞ കുറെ വര്‍ഷങ്ങളായി ചിക്കാഗോ സീറോ മലബാര്‍ വിശ്വാസികള്‍ക്ക് കീറാമുട്ടികളായിരുന്ന ഈ ചോദ്യങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് ഞങ്ങള്‍ താമസിയാതെ മറുപടി നല്‍കുന്നതാണ്.

Comment By Tom Varkey:

I am greatly appalled and immensely perturbed by Fr. Antony's claims that he is said to have made to the parishioners of Chicago. Since I do not know him nor met him, I have to rely on the assessment on him by the parishioners of Chicago which I am relying on while making the following remarks. In Mt. 16, when Jesus appointed Peter to be the Shepherd of the Church, Jesus repeatedly 3 times asked Peter to feed His flock. The way our Syro-Malabar priests in the Chicago Diocese conduct themselves these days, I think they are light years away from feeding their flocks. And judging from what I hear -- the administrative style of Fr. Antony condensed in the following statement from the above block -- ഭീഷണിയും വിലകുറഞ്ഞ പെരുമാറ്റവും സംസാരവും അദ്ദേഹം തന്‍റെ പതിവാക്കി I do not think in the least that Fr. Antony has been feeding his flock.
Moreover the arrogance that characterizes Fr. Antony's administrative style is not suitable for a Christian, much less for the parish priest of a large parish like Chicago. The question that I like to ask Fr. Antony is contained in 1 Cor. 4:7: "What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?" I leave Fr. Antony with this question to answer for himself the next time he makes his arrogant statements to the parishioners of Chicago.

I have a warning too for Fr. Antony based on what happened to King Herod described in Acts 12:19-23. Here we read that King Herod very proudly ascribed to himself the glory that his people were showering on him even though he did not deserve it. In Acts 12:22 after he delivered a speech, the people shouted: "This is the voice of a god, not of a man." Immediately because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died." I sincerely hope and pray nothing like this would happen to Fr. Antony the next time he opens his mouth and speak arrogantly to the parishioners of Chicago. Most probably this won't happen because as we read in 2 Pet. 3:9: "The Lord ... is patient with us [including Fr. Antony] not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." This is the only reason why the Lord is not showing his anger towards Fr. Antony and towards us as He used to show in the Old Testament.

By the way, I was very indignant when somebody wrote as a commentary to my previous article (the one on Fr. Joji saying that whether it is Easter or Christmas ...) that I should be the next Cardinal and I am very knowledgeable about the Bible, etc. I totally disown any such credit. And you know why? I am scared that what happened to King Herod that I described above may happen to me also if I do not make this disclaimer. Jut give God all the glory where it rightfully belongs. I am merely a jar of clay (2 Cor. 4:7) in which God through His infinite mercy towards me even though I do not deserve it, has filled some of His divine wisdom which I am sharing with my brothers who have stood with me over the years to wage this battle for the Crucifix for the greater glory of the Savior who hung on the Crucifix. I am confident that Jesus Christ will continue to give us all the strength and grace to eradicate the Mar Thoma Cross idol from the landscape of the Syro-Malabar Church not only in the U.S. but also in Kerala. Let us pray continually for this and also for God to give repentance to our arrogant priests like Fr. Antony who do not know what they are doing or saying often times in their misplaced zeal for promoting their claver agenda. Let our prayer be the one Jesus recited lying on the Cross: "Fr. forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
 

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

(പവത്തില്‍) തമ്പുരാനേ,

താമര കുരിശ്ശിന്ടെ അടയാളത്താലെ ---- ----- ---- ----

Anonymous said...

ഇവന്റെ അപ്പന്റെ വകയാണോ സീറോ മലബാര്‍ പള്ളികള്‍?ഞങ്ങള്‍ പള്ളിയില താമര വിക്കും എന്ന് പറയാന്‍ തന്റെ തന്തേടെ വകയനോട നമ്മുടെ പള്ളികള്‍?കാശു വേണ്ടപ്പോള്‍ ഭായ് ഭായ്. അല്ലെങ്ങില്‍ കല്ദയം.ഒന്ന് പോടാ പരട്ടെ.

Anonymous said...

If Fr. Antony is a despot, it is just because people let him to be one. Most Syro people are happy being slaves. Just get away from these crooks by stopping monetary contributions to Syro church. There are a lot of other good things to do. That will not get any recognition in the society. There will be no news media or pictures in news papers. Why blame others for our own faults? Just as we work for our livelihood, priests do their work for money. Priest hood is no more a vocation. Just another profession ,with out any professionalism.
Thiruthal vadhi

TREASURES IN THE HOLY BIBLE said...

Anonymous J said:

Treasures in the Holy Bible:
The treasures in the Holy Bible are almost as in the parable in which Jesus said: (Read in your Holy Bible) Mathew 13:44.
Mathew 13:44. "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

As in the above Jesus said parable, when persons ((including some church leaders; some priests and/or some others)) find the treasures in the Holy Bible, those persons hide them; misinterpret them; make it illegal to get it; and/or teach others that it is a sin to get it or to use it without those persons’ permissions. Because they want to keep it to themselves for financial gains; power and/or other selfish reasons.

God has given brains to you also. Beware of those above persons like “”prodigal son’s older brother”” & read Holy Bible praying to Holy Spirit in compliance with the Word of God in the verse John 14:26.

Some of the treasures in the Holy Bible are given below:
John 16:23
John 6:53+56
Mathew 26:26-28
Luke 22:19-20
Acts 2:46
Revelation 1:5-6((all baptized persons r priests))

Ephesians 4:11 ((No ones were selected as priests, because all baptized persons are priests, according to Rev. 1:5-6))

Tom Varkey said...

Tom Varkey Said ...
This is in response to the comment by Anonymous J about priesthood. I would like to share my 2 cents worth of advice because I hate to see people being misled by wrong teachings as you may have already noticed about me. Even though everyone is a priest according to Rev. 1:5-6 as Mr. J has correctly stated, there are anointed priests both in the Old Testament and in the new testament. In the Old Testament for example, in Num. 25:25:10-13 we read: "The LORD said to Moses, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of AARON, THE PRIEST, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, ... I am making a covenant of peace with him. He and his descendants will have a COVENANT OF A LASTING PRIESTHOOD, because he was zealous for the honor of his God ..." Here Aaron was a priest and so was Phinehas, Aaron's grandson and all his descendants. They had a ministry of priesthood uniquely different from the rest of the Israelites. Again in 1 Kings 19:15-16 God asks prophet Elijah specifically to anoint two kings one over Aram and another over Israel. God asks him to anoint Prophet Elisha as a prophet to follow Prophet Elijah. Thus as we see here and in many other places in the Old Testament, there is the anointed priesthood which was a role God assigned to the tribe of Levi, the Son of Jacob in general and to certain individuals in particular.
In the New Testament also, in Mt. 16:19 Jesus says to Peter: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Here Jesus was sort of defining and assigning to Peter and his followers a unique ministry -- the ministry of anointed priesthood. Thus they stand different from the rest of the Christians. In other words, there is anointed priesthood and general priesthood to which all Christians belong to. All Christians are priests in the sense that we "are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light" as we read in 1 Pet. 1:9 and Rev. 1:5-6. Even though this priesthood is for every Christian, anointed priesthood is only for selected individuals chosen by God to carry out the ministry of anointed priesthood like the Bishops and priests in the Catholic Church. I thought I need to clarify it for the sake of the readers of this blog. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

I wonder how these so calles priests such as Antony,Joji and sacaria)live a life even after they were discareded by the public!!Don't they have any shame to continue here as priests?Who the hell gave birth to them?Mr.Joji syas the holy mass only for pine apple lady,marina and for Jil ka lady.How did these guys become prie4sts?These are the problems of not getting the basic education to people.These priests should be expelled from syro malabar community soon.

Anonymous said...

Edo Fr.Joji of Garland...Nanmilleda ninakkinium njangale face cheyyan?Ninakku poykkoode ividunnu?

IRS said...

Tommy why don't you tell us about your "non-profit organization" /tax fraud, instead of making death threats and otherwise being a publicity showman?

Your organization, Jesus Army Minstries, INC, needs to come clean. Your website admits that you are out looking for other people's money: "Any financial contribution to this end as well as prayer support are also much appreciated and acknowledged."

Hopefully this will get posted, although I doubt it will, due to the bias of this blog and since it has been hijacked by tommmy.

Anonymous said...

Hi Anonymous J:

I read your comment**TREASURES IN THE HOLY BIBLE**. IT IS 100% RIGHT. Before Jesus was born, God selected priests. But after Jesus was born Jesus selected ALL CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS AS PRIESTS as you explained according to REV. 1:5-6. That is why as you explained no priests were selected according to Ephesians 4:11, which says:

Ephisians 4:11. And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers.

So my brothers & sisters in Jesus Christ, let us start breaking bread for Lord’s supper in homes as explained in ACTS 2:46 under the command of Jesus First Pope, St. Peter.

Anonymous said...

To the Vicar of Bellwood cathedral,


I hope the vicar has already recognized the impact of his foul play behind the scenes and the SMC-Chicago-Dioceses will rectify her mistakes soon. We want peace in our community and the peace could be restored only by restoring the crucifix in all church Alters. We need to remove the pagan elements (The dirty VIRI and Pegan Mar-thoma cross) from our churches.

1 Corinthians 25: “”For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.””

1 Peter 1: 3-9. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and to an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.


1 Corinthians:21-24 :: WHERE IS THE WISE ONE? WHERE IS THE SCRIBE? WHERE IS THE DEBATER OF THIS AGE? HAS NOT GOD MADE THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD FOOLISH? For since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God through wisdom, it was the will of God through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who have faith. For Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, BUT WE PROCLAIM CHRIST CRUCIFIED, A STUMBLING BLOCK TO JEWS AND FOOLISHNESS TO GENTILES, BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE CALLED, JEWS AND GREEKS ALIKE, CHRIST THE POWER OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD.

Please remove the VIRI and man-made stupid creations from the holy Altar of Chicago Bellwood cathedral and then rebuild the Altar to look like a catholic church.

Anonymous said...

ഞങ്ങള്‍ അച്ചന്‍ മാരും മെത്രാന്‍തിരുമേനിയും തീരുമാനിക്ക്ന്നത് നടന്നിരിക്കും, അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ നടത്തിയിരിക്കും. മനസ്സുണ്ടെങ്കില്‍ കൂടെ നിന്നോ. നിങ്ങളെ ഒക്കെ മഹറോന്‍ ചൊല്ലും

Anonymous said...

ബൈബിള്‍ വചനം കൊണ്ട് ക്ലാവരവാദികളെ നന്നാക്കാം എന്ന് കരുതുന്നത് ഐസുകട്ടക്ക് പെയ്ന്റ് അടിക്കുന്നത് പോലെ തന്നെ..

Anonymous said...

ജോണ്‍ പോള്‍ പാപ്പയെ വാഴ്ത്തപ്പെട്ടവനായി പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച വേദിയില്‍ ക്രൂശിതരൂപം കണ്ടു. "അക്ബര്‍ ചക്രവര്‍ത്തിയുടെ കൊട്ടാരത്തില്‍ കട്ടിലുമൂട്ടയോ?" ക്രൂശിതരൂപം വയ്ക്കാതെ ക്ലാവര്‍ കുരിശു വച്ചിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍ എത്ര നന്നായേനെ!

Anonymous said...

പള്ളി ആരുടേയും അപ്പന്റെ വക അല്ല എന്ന് അറിയാം. താങ്കള്‍ ഒരു വിവരദോഷി തന്നെ . കെട്ടിടം പണി കഴിഞ്ഞാല്‍ പിന്നെ അത് മെത്രാന്‍, അച്ഛന്‍ എന്നിവരുടെ മാത്രം. പൂച്ചക്ക് പൊന്നുരുക്കുന്നിടത്ത് എന്ത് കാര്യം, മണ്‍ഢശിേരാ മണി?
Thiruthal vaadhi

syro malabar voicee said...

Cros,crucifix and curtain
Cross,crucifix and curtain


Did any of us made any opinion about any structure,when we build a church in kerala?

Here who gave the power to public to make opinion on structures when we make a church building?
Authorities build with our money .we simply accept it.
stop unhealthy comments. bishop and vicar will do only for our good future.

why we don't need a curtain? no reason.
just to oppose,the authority.if we need a crucifix,do we need a white,black,Mongolian or Indian Jesus.

Anonymous said...

Cros,crucifix and curtain
Cross,crucifix and curtain


Did any of us made any opinion about any structure,when we build a church in kerala?

Here who gave the power to public to make opinion on structures when we make a church building?
Authorities build with our money .we simply accept it.
stop unhealthy comments. bishop and vicar will do only for our good future.

why we don't need a curtain? no reason.
just to oppose,the authority.if we need a crucifix,do we need a white,black,Mongolian or Indian Jesus. ingellob

Anonymous said...

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Thursday, April 28, 2011Cros,crucifix and curtain
Cross,crucifix and curtain


Did any of us made any opinion about any structure,when we build a church in kerala?

Here who gave the power to public to make opinion on structures when we make a church building?
Authorities build with our money .we simply accept it.
stop unhealthy comments. bishop and vicar will do only for our good future.

why we don't need a curtain? no reason.
just to oppose,the authority.if we need a crucifix,do we need a white,black,Mongolian or Indian Jesus.
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Anonymous said...

കൊച്ചാപ്പി ചേട്ടാ എവിടെയാ? കുറെ നാളുകള്‍ ആയല്ലോ കേട്ടിട്ട്!!

Anonymous said...

Is any one of our Chicago-SMC_USA priests and Chicago-SMC-Bishop ever successful in converting any single nonbeliever into catholic faith in their priesthood? I doubt it; their behaviors proved to this judgment. This bishop had never had any problem with the crucifix until someone nominated him as the Bishop of SMC-USA.

Anonymous said...

അന്തി ക്രിസ്തുവിന്‍റെ സമയം അടുക്കുമ്പോള്‍ കള്ളപ്രവാചകരും ദൈവ വചനം സ്വന്തം താല്പര്യങ്ങള്‍ സംരക്ഷിക്കാനായി വളച്ച്ഒടിക്കുന്നവരും പ്രക്ത്യക്ഷപ്പെടും. ഇന്ന് തിരുവചനങ്ങള്‍ സീറോ വൈദികരിലൂടെ പൂര്‍ത്തികരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു കാണാത്ത കാഴ്ചകള്‍ കാണും, കേള്‍ക്കാത്തവ കേള്‍ക്കും.
ക്ഷമയോടെ കാത്തിരിക്കുക, യേശുവിന്റെ നാമം വിശ്വാസിയെ സംരക്ഷിക്കും.
Onlooker

Anonymous J-01 said...

Anonymous J-01

Tom Varkey,
Regarding your response to Anonymous J, looks like you are one of those people, about whom ANONYMOUS J said.
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As in the Jesus said parable, Mathew 13:44, when persons ((including some church leaders; some priests and/or some others)) find the treasures in the Holy Bible, those persons hide them; misinterpret them; make it illegal to get it; and/or teach others that it is a sin to get it or to use it without those persons’ permissions. Because they want to keep it to themselves for financial gains; power and/or other selfish reasons.
++++++++
For your info read the Word of God, in the following verses:

BECAUSE: YOUR TIME; POWER; POSITIONS; ABILITY; AND KNOWLEDGE ARE THE ""TALENTS"" THAT ARE GIVEN BY GOD. YOU HAVE TO ACCOUNT IT WITH GOD FOR REWARDS AS MYSELF. READ:

MATHEW 5:19
MATHEW 16:27
MATHEW 7:21-29
MATHEW 25:31-46
MATHEW 25:14-30.
USE YOUR ""TALENTS"" WISELY.

Anonymous said...

too much baised.. Be more objective

Anonymous J-03 said...

Hi Tom Varkey:

Re: your following portion of your comment,
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In Mt. 16:19 Jesus says to Peter: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
+++++++++
Tom Varkey, you are hiding the truth or treasure ((as ANONYMOUS J said in his comment)) which is:

Mathew 16:23. He (Jesus) turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."

It doesn’t matter how big the persons are, when and if any church leaders ((including Bishops, Pope, priests or national leaders and/or others)) go against JESUS’ teachings and/or commandments, JESUS will call them and say: "Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do”, as JESUS SAID PETER. TOM VARKEY, you should really read Holy Bible praying to Holy Spirit being in compliance with the Word of God, in John 14:26.

MAY GOD BLESS U & ALL

Anonymous J-01 said...

Hi Tom Varkey:

Re: your following portion of your comment,
+++++++++
In Mt. 16:19 Jesus says to Peter: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
+++++++++
Tom Varkey, you are hiding the truth or treasure ((as ANONYMOUS J said in his comment)) which is:

Mathew 16:23. He (Jesus) turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."

It doesn’t matter how big the persons are, when and if any church leaders ((including Bishops, Pope, priests or national leaders and/or others)) go against JESUS’ teachings and/or commandments, JESUS will call them and say: "Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do”, as JESUS SAID PETER. TOM VARKEY, you should really read Holy Bible praying to Holy Spirit being in compliance with the Word of God, in John 14:26.

MAY GOD BLESS U & ALL

SMC said...

It looks like these scaremongers need to work hard.

See this article written by Arch Bishop Emeritus Rev Dr Oswald Gomis.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/04/22/fea32.asp

Even the Roman Catholic Church of Sri Lanca has adopted Saint Thomas Cross as their official emblem !. See the website of the Arch Diocese of Colombo and Saint Thomas Cross on the top of the page.

http://www.archdioceseofcolombo.com/

I think these Saint Thomas Cross phobiacs should send someone to Sri Lanca to teach their faith to the Bishops Council there.

Anonymous said...

KALDAAYA...

WHAT IS A SOLUTION HERE?

Why don't we quit going to and supporting the Malayalm church. We should mind our own business and just go to English church on Sundays and holydays.

Establish a catholic community meet one Sunday every month after the mass. we should just rent a school cafeteria or hall or something like that to gather together. We should discuss our traditions that are unique to our culture, and celebrate them. So our children will have an opportunity to learn and be proud of our traditions.

This gives the children and adults a sense of belonging, and the children have a good opportunity to meet other children from their own community in a decent environment.

All people should be divided into 12 groups, one group for each month of the year. Each month the group for that month is responsible for the presentation of the topic and conducting the meeting from beginning to end.

Having entertainment is good. If it is suitable to promote the topic of the day then it is even better. It is a good venue to express the creative and artistic talents of the people which is a God given gift. When we express it we are glorifying God. Abuse of it is the sin.

Discussions, debates, speeches, entertainments etc. should be lead by different people in the group unless there are not enough members. People should be equally divided according to the number of items. No one in the group should just sit back, everyone should be part of it in some way.

At the beginning when 12 groups are formed 12 topics also should be selected for that year appropriate for each month.Let each group select what they like. If their is a tie then toss the coin. It is very important to be fair.

Good manners are very important. Time limits for everything should be established and honored.When adults behave that way children will look up to us and respect.

Do not own any real estate, just rent and pay for cleanup at the end of the meeting. People can concentrate on other things.

If SMCC try to create any problems then we should contact Pope. Make sure that no priestly authority is any where in the community gatherings. This is totally a family affair of laity for laity by laity.

Anonymous said...

We the Chicago Parishioners are not sure why the "Parish Council Oath Circus" with increasing number of nominated folks, rather than being elected is being performed during the Holy Mass distracting the People who come to pray!!. These type of Ceremonies need to be performed in the Parish Hall. Last time this new Oath Ceremony was just long and just another show off !. How much time will it take this year !!.

These types of Ceremonies should not be performed during the Mass time distracting the people !!

Anonymous said...

its real funny!!!!!

Persian cross made 600 years after St. Thomas death is called marthoma cross

weirdos