Wednesday 27 February, 2008
Monday 25 February, 2008
Iniyavale Erayumanthurai thaaye...!
"Iniyavale, Erayumanthurai thaye,
Iyarkkayin ilamai nirainthavale
Irupporkkinbam alippavale
Iranthor unnai ezhanthanare.
Thamiraparani unthan thazh thazhuva
Arabikkadal unthan thalai varuda
Kadarkkattu unaiyentrum aravanaikka
Kannai parippathu unnazhake.
Ilamkalayar,ilam meenavar
Kayalvizhi mathar kavin mihu mangayar
Kathiravan oliyinil kadarkkarai kathalar
Kalanthuravaduvar kalippuruvar."
-Pankiras 31-08-1979.
An off-hand translation as on 13th Dec, ' 05 would be....
Erayumanthurai, mother so sweet
Thou art youthful as the nature
Thou art the joy of the living
And the dead have lost thee.
Thamiraparani washes thy feet
Arabian Sea combs thy hair
The sea breeze embraces thee ever
That's thy beauty so enthralling.
Thy young and energetic fishermen
And thy fish-eyed and beautiful maidens
Make love one another and enjoy together
In thy sun baked shores so charming
Saturday 23 February, 2008
Ammaiappan Arule...
Ammaiappan arule
Aathimuthal athuve
Ippothum athuve
Eeditharku ethuvo?
Umathu pillai naan
Oorukkum athuve yaan
Etharkum anchen
Ettramudan vaazhven.
Aimpathudan moontraandu
Orupothum thalaraamal
Oyaathu naan uzhaikka
Oudathamaai nee nintraai.
Aathimuthal athuve
Ippothum athuve
Eeditharku ethuvo?
Umathu pillai naan
Oorukkum athuve yaan
Etharkum anchen
Ettramudan vaazhven.
Aimpathudan moontraandu
Orupothum thalaraamal
Oyaathu naan uzhaikka
Oudathamaai nee nintraai.
Friday 22 February, 2008
Wednesday 20 February, 2008
Every Person is God's gift!
Birthdays are special days
To remember the loved ones
And the respected ones too.
You are both respected and loved.
Hence, all the more reason
To remember you and pray for you.
Every person is God’s gift to the world,
Especially the one called to be a man of God.
You are God’s gift to the church of Trivandrum.
Remain a cherished gift always
By being close to God
And to His people.
God will keep you close to His heart
And make you like unto Him
To love and serve His people.
[for Archbishop Packiam's B'day on 11.03.'08]
To remember the loved ones
And the respected ones too.
You are both respected and loved.
Hence, all the more reason
To remember you and pray for you.
Every person is God’s gift to the world,
Especially the one called to be a man of God.
You are God’s gift to the church of Trivandrum.
Remain a cherished gift always
By being close to God
And to His people.
God will keep you close to His heart
And make you like unto Him
To love and serve His people.
[for Archbishop Packiam's B'day on 11.03.'08]
Saturday 16 February, 2008
A Birthday wish..!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
You are always thought of,
especially on this day of your birth.
You are precious before God
and try to be so before His people.
You are His gift to His children
and so you be always.
Have a wonderful day today
and all days of your life.
May God bless you this day
and all the days to come.
May He bless your mother,
give eternal rest to your father
guide your brothers and sisters
and their families always.
[fr. Silvester's birthday on 17.02.'08]
You are always thought of,
especially on this day of your birth.
You are precious before God
and try to be so before His people.
You are His gift to His children
and so you be always.
Have a wonderful day today
and all days of your life.
May God bless you this day
and all the days to come.
May He bless your mother,
give eternal rest to your father
guide your brothers and sisters
and their families always.
[fr. Silvester's birthday on 17.02.'08]
Friday 8 February, 2008
A Tribute to a Great Father!
Parents are said to be
Gods seen here and now!
After parents and teachers only
Come even God almighty!
No temple excels one’s mother
Nor any prayer above one’s father
This is how we were taught
To honor our parents best.
Honoring one’s father is
Atonement for his sins.
Glorifying one’s mother is
Like laying up treasures.
Man leaves his father and mother
And cleaves to his wife.
But still he is always
Their child so tender.
What then about a celibate?
For him they are everything.
They are his strength and comfort
Through their prayers always.
As priests, we witness
Many a deaths
Also conduct
Many a funerals!
But can one ever take the death
Of his parents like that?
Can one ever bury them
Before burying his emotions first?
A mother is most happy to hear:
‘Her son is great indeed.’
A father to hear: ‘What feat
Has he done to beget such a son!’
This great father William P. Graham
Must indeed be a blessed father
To have begotten children
Like Monsignor Bill Graham.
Sufferings forced him
`Leave school for work
Which he completed
At the age of fifty six!
A responsible father always
Reared a sweet family of four kids
Was mother too to his children
After his beloved wife’s death!
Is leaving us today
For the eternal rest
Let us keep him alive
By living his values best!
Gods seen here and now!
After parents and teachers only
Come even God almighty!
No temple excels one’s mother
Nor any prayer above one’s father
This is how we were taught
To honor our parents best.
Honoring one’s father is
Atonement for his sins.
Glorifying one’s mother is
Like laying up treasures.
Man leaves his father and mother
And cleaves to his wife.
But still he is always
Their child so tender.
What then about a celibate?
For him they are everything.
They are his strength and comfort
Through their prayers always.
As priests, we witness
Many a deaths
Also conduct
Many a funerals!
But can one ever take the death
Of his parents like that?
Can one ever bury them
Before burying his emotions first?
A mother is most happy to hear:
‘Her son is great indeed.’
A father to hear: ‘What feat
Has he done to beget such a son!’
This great father William P. Graham
Must indeed be a blessed father
To have begotten children
Like Monsignor Bill Graham.
Sufferings forced him
`Leave school for work
Which he completed
At the age of fifty six!
A responsible father always
Reared a sweet family of four kids
Was mother too to his children
After his beloved wife’s death!
Is leaving us today
For the eternal rest
Let us keep him alive
By living his values best!
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