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OUR LADY OF GRACE COMMUNITY
Our Lady of Graces or St Mary of Graces (Italian: Santa Maria delle Grazie) is a devotion to the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. Churches with this dedication often owe their foundation to thankfulness for graces received from the Virgin Mary, and are particularly numerous in Italy, India, Australia, United States, France and the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland.
Patronage : Our Lady of Graces is the patron saint of the diocese of Faenza. According to a legend, in 1412, Mary appeared to a local woman. Mary was holding broken arrows symbolizing protection against god's wrath and promised an end to the plague. Faenza Cathedral has a chapel dedicated to Our Lady, while residents often place ceramic titles with the image on their homes.
Among the many miraculous images of the Mother of God through which she deigns to grant her favors, there is one in the monastery church of the Carmelites in Vienna, entitled the Mother of Grace, or Our Lady of Grace, also known also as Our Lady of the Bowed Head.
In 1610 a Carmelite, Dominic of Jesus-Mary, found among the votaries of an old altar in the monastery church of Maria della Scala in Rome, and oil painting of the Mother of God, dust-covered and somewhat torn, which grieved him. Taking it into his hands, he shook the dust off it, and kneeling down venerated it with great devotion. He had the picture renovated and placed it on the shelf in his cell, where he made it the object of his love and supplications in favor of those who came to him in their necessities and afflictions.
One night while he was praying fervently before the picture, he noticed that some dust had settled on it. Having nothing but his course woolen handkerchief he dusted it with that and apologized,
“O pure and holiest Virgin, nothing in the whole world is worthy of touching your holy face, but since I have nothing but this coarse handkerchief, deign to accept my good will.”
To his great surprise, the face of the Mother of God appeared to take on life, and smiling sweetly at him, she bowed her head, which thereafter remained inclined.
OUR LADY OF GRACE COMMUNITY FAMILY LIST |
SR. NO. |
ID |
NAME |
1 |
21-0139 |
Frazier Fernandes |
2 |
21-0303 |
John Gonsalves |
3 |
21-0301 |
Stella Raymond |
4 |
21-0317 |
Clive Cowan |
5 |
21-0306 |
Steven Sequeira |
6 |
21-0134 |
Alwyn Noronha |
7 |
21-0586 |
Henry Dantis |
8 |
21-0879 |
Benedetta Patrau |
9 |
21-0125 |
Henry Dsa |
10 |
21-0127 |
Norbert Noronha |
11 |
21-0682 |
Joseph Sayar Lobo |
12 |
21-0136 |
Alice D'almeida |
13 |
21-0216 |
Richard D'Lima |
14 |
21-0766 |
Selwyn Pinto |
15 |
21-0373 |
Rita Fernandes |
16 |
21-0132 |
Francis B Fernandes |
17 |
21-0201 |
Joaquim D'Costa |
18 |
21-0128 |
Sandra Ryder |
19 |
21-0634 |
Peter Tawde |
20 |
21-0129 |
Gerald D'Souza |
21 |
21-0130 |
Aloma Cowan |
22 |
21-0135 |
James E Gonsalves |
23 |
21-0138 |
D Julie |
24 |
21-0670 |
Agnel D'silva |
25 |
21-0873 |
Santrea Kambli |
26 |
21-0384 |
Constancio Reveredo |
27 |
21-0549 |
Stevan Serrao |
28 |
21-0652 |
Peter Doraiswamy |
29 |
21-0821 |
Josphine Pereira |
30 |
NA |
Edward Kushero |
31 |
21-0854 |
Michelle Fiahlo |
32 |
21-0898 |
Thitaviyam Nadar |
33 |
21-0777 |
Sebi Anthony Pulikokan |
34 |
21-0555 |
Domnic Fernandes |
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Daily Readings |
10-Apr-2021
10 April 2021: Saturday in the Octave of Easter
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Thought of the day |
10 April 2021: Saturday in the Octave of Easter
LECTIONARY: 266
FIRST READING: ACTS 4:13-21
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition. But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another, saying, “What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.” So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened.
PSALM: PS 118:1 AND 14-15AB, 16-18, 19-21
Response: I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever. My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my saviour. The joyful shout of victory in the tents of the just.
“The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD has struck with power.” I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. Though the LORD has indeed chastised me, yet he has not delivered me to death.
Open to me the gates of justice; I will enter them and give thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD; the just shall enter it. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me and have been my saviour.
GOSPEL: MK 16:9-15
Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Source: Official website of Archdiocese of Mumbai
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