[www.keralites.net] World Day of the SICK !!!

 

Each year on February 11th, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. On that day in 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary ap- peared to a 14-year-old French peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous. It was to be the first of 18 apparitions. Pope John Paul II chose the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes to release his letter, On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering (in 1984). It showed his great compassion for all the sick and suffering in the world. Nine years later, he set aside this Feast Day as the annual day on which we celebrate the World Day of the Sick. He wanted this day to be "a special time of prayer and sharing, of offering one's suffering for the good of the Church and of reminding everyone to see in his sick brother or sister the face of Christ who, by suffering, dying and rising, achieved the salvation of mankind." May we all continue to be united in our prayer and work, remembering that whatever we do for those in need is something that is done for our Lord (Mt 25:40). May God Bless You, Your Family and Your Friends the Way He Has Blessed Us. Joseph, Poh, Mabeline, Isaac, Mandy and Jacob Tan Listen to the beautiful audio attachment "Song of Saint Bernadette Soubirous"(Our Lady of Lourdes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbIrkdDtd-E

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