KONKANI PRAYER FOR CANONIZATION & FOR THE SICK

BHAGEVONTPONNA KHATIR MAGNNEM

Mogall Bapa, Tujea Putan aplea doiall-ponnacheam ojapamnim Tuzo sorgincho nirop, Tujea thav-naslelea mogan mon'xancheam kallzamnim rigoilo. Tachea panvlancher panvl dovrun, Tujea Sevoka Zuze Vazan Povitr Atmeachesfurten, ani Nixkollonk Ankvar Malechea asrea khal ravun aplea ak'hea jivitan boreo kornneo keleot, ani ami-i soglleamnim, Tujea Putachea panvlamnim cholun kurpa ani bhagevontponnacho mukutt zoddunk zata mhonn dakhoilem.

Oslea virachea jivitacher Tuzo xik'ko marun, Povitr Sobhen taka aplo Bhagevont mhonn porgott korunk amkam tachech mozotin, ek khori Milagr favo kor (ogich ravun eke Milagri khatir magum-ia) Hem ami khalteponnim magtanv teach amchea Somia vorvim. Amen.

CP/1102/98
Imprimatur
Panjim, 1.8.1998
+ Filipe Neri Ferrao
Auxiliary Bishop

PIDDESTAM KHATIR MAGNNEM

Sorginchea Bapa, dukhik, piddek ani oddchonn'neank sampoddloleam thaim Tujem kalliz kitlem modhur tem Tujea Putan vizmitam korun dakhoilam. Tech porim, Tujea Sevoka, Muktivont Zuze Vazan, aplea jivitan ani mornnan, jin'savar ojapam korun, tich modhurai lokank dakhoun hozaramnim Povitr Sobhechea gopant voddun haddlim. Tor, tache vinovnnen, Tujer amcho bhavart vaddoi, ami-i Tujea mogache niz govai zaunk nirmi ani hech nodren ami magtanv to upkar amkam favo kor ...., (thoddoch vell ogich ravun tumcheam gorzam khatir magat) odhik korun ek khori Milagr, Tachech mozotin amkam mello-xi kor...., (thoddoch vell ogich ravun eke Milagri khatir magat). Jezu Krista amchea Somia vorvim. Amen.

CP/1103/98 vanttpi:

Imprimatur Rev. Fr.
VICE-POSTULATOR,
Panjim, 1.8,1998 Cause of Canonization of Bl. Joseph Vaz
+ Filipe Neri Ferrao Sanctuary of Blessed Joseph Vaz
Auxiliary Bishop P. O. Cortalim - 403 710
Goa - India
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http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintj76.htm

http://www.sspxasia.com/Newsletters/2001/July-
Sep/The_Apostle_of_Sri_Lanka_Blessed_Vaz.htm

Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died last week (Friday) in her convent in India. She was 87. Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia, she joined the Sisters of Loreto in 1928. She took the name "Teresa" after St. Teresa of Lesiux, patroness of the Missionaries.
In 1948, she came across a half-dead woman lying in front of a Calcutta hospital. She stayed with the woman until she died. From that point on, she dedicated the majority of her life to helping the poorest of the poor in India, thus gaining her the name "Saint of the Gutters." She founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India dedicated to serving the poor. Almost 50 years later, the Missionaries of Charity have grown from 12 sisters in India to over 3,000 in 517 missions throughout 100 countries worldwide.

In 1952, she founded the Nirmal Hriday Home for the Dying in a former temple in Calcutta. It was there that they would care for the dying Indians that were found on the streets. Mother would see Jesus in everyone that she met. It didn't matter whether they were dying of AIDS or Leprosy. She wanted them to be able to die in peace and with dignity. For over 50 years, she worked selfishly helping the poor. That devotion towards the poor won her respect throughout the world and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Over the last two decades, Mother had suffered from heart problems. She suffered a heart attack during a 1983 visit with Pope John Paul II. She suffered another, and more serious, heart attack in 1989. It was then that a pacemaker was installed. Just last year, she suffered from malaria and was treated for a chest infection.

Mother Teresa was a living saint and she will be greatly missed. Eternal rest grant unto her Lord, and may Perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen.

Learn more about her.....
http://www.tisv.be/mt/life.htm
http://www.drini.com/motherteresa/
http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1979a.html

(Condensed from "The Shrine of Our Lady of Vailankanni" by Rev. S. R. Santos)

Our Lady of Good Health, popularly called "Our Lady of Vailankanni" is in the small town of Vailankanni (with 5,000 residents) located on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. It is located 150 miles south of Madras in Tamil Nadu, and 5 miles south of Nagapattinam. Our Lady chose this place to dispense her healing miracles to mankind. A strong oral tradition attests to Our Lady's apparitions at Vailankanni. The tradition is built around the following three significant events:

Sometime during the sixteenth century, Our Lady with her infant Son appeared to a Hindu boy carrying milk to a customer's home. While he rested under a banyan tree near a tank (pond), Our Lady appeared to him and asked for milk for her Son and the boy gave her some. On reaching the customer's home, the boy apologized for his lateness and the reduced amount of milk by relating the incident that occurred on his way. On inspection, the man found the milk pot to be full and realized that something miraculous had happened. That man, also a Hindu, wanting to see the place where the apparition occurred, accompanied the boy. When they reached the tank, Our Lady appeared once again. On learning that it was Our Lady who appeared to the boy, the residents of the local Catholic community became ecstatic. The tank where the apparition took place is called "Matha Kulam" or Our Lady's tank.

Some years later Our Lady appeared again. This time to a crippled boy who was selling buttermilk near a public square on the outskirts of the same village of Vailankanni. She asked him for buttermilk for her infant Son and the boy complied. Our Lady asked the boy to inform a certain wealthy Catholic man in the nearby town of Nagapattinam of her appearance. Not realizing that his crippled leg was miraculously cured by Our Lady, the boy rose up and began his journey. The man also had a vision the previous night in which Our Lady asked him to build a chapel for her. Together, the man and the boy returned to the site of the miracle. This time Our Lady appeared to both. The man erected a thatched chapel for Our Lady at the site of Her second appearance. This chapel became a holy place of veneration to Our Blessed Mother, and She was called, henceforth, Mother of Good Health ("Arokia Matha").

A few years later, Our Merciful Mother rescued a few Portuguese merchant sailors from a violent storm which wrecked their ship. When the merchants reached the shore of Vailankanni they were taken by local fishermen to the thatched chapel. To give thanks and pay tribute to Our Lady, they built a small permanent chapel on their return trip. On subsequent visits they improved on it. The merchants dedicated the chapel to Our Lady on September 8th to celebrate the feast of her nativity and also to mark the date of their safe landing at Vailankanni.

Today, the celebration of this feast is an annual festival which lasts for 9 days and draws more than a million and a half pilgrims. Vailankanni attracts more pilgrims than any other sacred shrine in India. Not only do multitudes of Catholics travel there throughout the year, but many non-Christians visit as well. Hundreds of miraculous cures are reported every year.

The Vailankanni Shrine was elevated to a Basilica on November 3, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. Until 1964, it was under the protection of Portuguese missionaries. We do not know where the statue was made, but it is draped in a sari to make it appear uniquely Indian. The original chapel no longer exists, but the original altar and the mosaic pieces on porcelain tiles from China have been retained. In its place, a modern and spacious church was consecrated in 1933 and renovated in 1975. During annual pilgrimage time, prayers and masses are offered in all regional languages at various times of the day.

Read more....
http://www.gcol.com/vailankanni/1history.htm