VALLARPADAM ABHISHEKAGNI BIBLE CONVENTION-2014

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="fb-like" data-action="like" data-href="http://ourmercifulgod.blogspot.in/2014/08/vallarpadam-abhishekagni-bible.html" data-layout="button_count" data-share="true" data-show-faces="true"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><u>VALLARPADAM ABHISHEKAGNI BIBLE CONVENTION</u></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 36px;"> Rev Fr Xavier Khan Vattayil & Team</span></b></span><br /><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><abbr class="tribe-events-abbr updated published dtstart" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; cursor: default;" title="2014-09-03">September 3 - </abbr><span style="line-height: 1.5;">September 7</span></span></b></div><br /><br /><dd style="background-color: #fafafa; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">2014</span></b></dd><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J7Bh_bgzRQw/U_dtecUA7tI/AAAAAAAACIg/XXzKAu_UeLo/s1600/10527787_734619806598920_7602957770142969547_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J7Bh_bgzRQw/U_dtecUA7tI/AAAAAAAACIg/XXzKAu_UeLo/s1600/10527787_734619806598920_7602957770142969547_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><dd style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #4a5151; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></dd><dd style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #4a5151; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dP5X_cBsL-M/U_duqPRv0LI/AAAAAAAACIo/Etw5NPtIzYY/s1600/Verapoly-Vallarpadam-620x315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="324" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dP5X_cBsL-M/U_duqPRv0LI/AAAAAAAACIo/Etw5NPtIzYY/s1600/Verapoly-Vallarpadam-620x315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 class="tribe-events-single-section-title" style="color: #191c1c; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UOApF7YYKD0/VAmtA-FzgMI/AAAAAAAACTg/SW-CyVGnHxw/s1600/10422168_741914775869423_5121227593136708679_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UOApF7YYKD0/VAmtA-FzgMI/AAAAAAAACTg/SW-CyVGnHxw/s1600/10422168_741914775869423_5121227593136708679_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 class="tribe-events-single-section-title" style="color: #191c1c; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><br /></h3><h3 class="tribe-events-single-section-title" style="color: #191c1c; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-align: center;">Organizer</h3><dl style="line-height: 18.0310001373291px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><dd class="fn org" style="float: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Fr. Sijo George</dd><dt style="clear: left; line-height: 1; list-style: none; text-align: center;"><b>Phone:</b></dt><dd class="tel" style="float: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">9656303646</dd><dt style="clear: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; list-style: none; text-align: center;">Email:</dt><dd class="email" style="float: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">fr.sijogeorge@gmail.com</dd><dd class="email" style="float: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #191c1c; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5;">Venue</span></dd><dd class="email" style="float: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><dl style="line-height: 18.0310001373291px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><dd class="author fn org" style="float: none; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Vallarpadam Basilica</dd><dd class="location" style="float: none; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><address class="tribe-events-address" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px;"><span class="adr" style="display: block; text-align: center;"><span class="street-address">National Shrine Bacillica</span><span class="delimiter">,</span> <span class="locality">Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom, Vallarpadam Church Road, Vallarpadam, Ernakulam, Kerala</span><span class="delimiter">,</span><abbr class="region tribe-events-abbr" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; cursor: default;" title="Kerala">Kerala</abbr> <span class="postal-code">682031</span> <span class="country-name">India</span></span></address></dd><dd class="location" style="float: none; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span class="adr" style="display: block; text-align: center;"><span class="country-name"></span></span></dd><dt style="clear: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; list-style: none; text-align: center;">Website:</dt><dd class="url" style="float: none; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vallarpadathamma.net/" style="color: #42a2ce; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="self">www.vallarpadathamma.net</a></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd><dd style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #4a5151; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Map</b></dd><dd style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #4a5151; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></dd></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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VALLARPADAM ABHISHEKAGNI BIBLE CONVENTION-2014

VALLARPADAM ABHISHEKAGNI BIBLE CONVENTION  Rev Fr Xavier Khan Vattayil & Team September 3 -  September 7 2014 Organizer Fr. Sijo George ...

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Pope Francis Urges Young People Not To Waste Time on Internet

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><b>Pope Francis Urges Young People Not To Waste Time on Internet</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRa72hdQeno/U-d6NZmwneI/AAAAAAAACHc/hZcwR2vqOX8/s1600/450991362-e1407353854813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRa72hdQeno/U-d6NZmwneI/AAAAAAAACHc/hZcwR2vqOX8/s1600/450991362-e1407353854813.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ROME -- Pope Francis on Tuesday urged 50,000 German altar servers not to waste time on the Internet, smartphones and television, but to spend their time on more productive activities. "Maybe many young people waste too many hours on futile things," the pope said in a short speech to the altar servers — young people who help the priest during religious services — who had come to Rome on a pilgrimage. "Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God, so it is important that it be used in good and fruitful actions." Activities cited by Francis as futile were: "chatting on the Internet or with smartphones, watching TV soap operas, and (using) the products of technological progress, which should simplify and improve the quality of life, but distract attention away from what is really important."</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The 77-year-old pope has Twitter accounts in several languages. They were first used by his predecessor Benedict in 2011, and his English-language account has 4.3 million followers. Francis has described the Internet as a "gift from God," but also cautioned that high-speed world of digital social media needed calm, reflection and tenderness if it was to be "a network not of wires but of people."</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="fb-like" data-action="like" data-href="http://ourmercifulgod.blogspot.in/2014/08/selfies-with-pope-francis.html" data-layout="button_count" data-share="true" data-show-faces="true"></div></div>

Pope Francis Urges Young People Not To Waste Time on Internet

Pope Francis Urges Young People Not To Waste Time on Internet ROME -- Pope Francis on Tuesday urged 50,000 German altar servers not to waste...

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Pope Francis Issues Top 10 Tips For Happiness.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Pope Francis’s Secrets To Happiness</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YEVIYwUldUw/U90nmWT1yBI/AAAAAAAACHM/i26YygAFq5A/s1600/pope-slideshow-ftr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YEVIYwUldUw/U90nmWT1yBI/AAAAAAAACHM/i26YygAFq5A/s1600/pope-slideshow-ftr.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. “Live and let live.” Everyone should be guided by this principle, he said, which has a similar expression in Rome with the saying, “Move forward and let others do the same.”</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. “Be giving of yourself to others.” People need to be open and generous toward others, he said, because “if you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.”</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. “Proceed calmly” in life. The pope, who used to teach high school literature, used an image from an Argentine novel by Ricardo Guiraldes, in which the protagonist — gaucho Don Segundo Sombra — looks back on how he lived his life.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. A healthy sense of leisure. The Pope said “consumerism has brought us anxiety”, and told parents to set aside time to play with their children and turn of the TV when they sit down to eat.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">5. Sundays should be holidays. Workers should have Sundays off because “Sunday is for family,” he said.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">6. Find innovative ways to create dignified jobs for young people. “We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities they will get into drugs” and be more vulnerable to suicide, he said.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">7. Respect and take care of nature. Environmental degradation “is one of the biggest challenges we have,” he said. “I think a question that we're not asking ourselves is: 'Isn't humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?'”</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">8. Stop being negative. “Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self-esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I have to cut others down,'” the Pope said. “Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy.”</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">9. Don't proselytise; respect others' beliefs. “We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. But the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyses: 'I am talking with you in order to persuade you,' No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attraction, not proselytising,” the Pope said.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">10. Work for peace. “We are living in a time of many wars,” he said, and “the call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet, peace is always proactive” and dynamic.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="fb-like" data-action="like" data-href="http://ourmercifulgod.blogspot.in/2014/08/pope-francis-issues-top-10-tips-for.html" data-layout="button_count" data-share="true" data-show-faces="true"></div></div>

Pope Francis Issues Top 10 Tips For Happiness.

Pope Francis’s Secrets To Happiness 1. “Live and let live.” Everyone should be guided by this principle, he said, which has a similar expres...

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