Happy Birthday to you Our Blessed Mother.
This week we had two birthdays to celebrate. The first one was the Birthday of Our Blessed Mother. How could an Oblate miss such an event? Here at St Mary’s Seminary we didn’t miss it either. Beautiful roses and orchids were ones of many expressions of our love for the one who is the Mother of Jesus and our Blessed Mother too. We reflected on such an awesome mystery of her birth which was like the first rays of the sun in the morning announcing that the day is coming. When Mary was born it was inevitable that the true light, Jesus Christ, was coming to take over the darkness of human existence. Every time when people turn to her in prayer she comes to them with her Son Jesus who can dispel the drama of our existence. Looked like we were so much in mood to celebrate her birthday that after Mass the scholastics run up to the altar to blow the candles as if it was her birthday cake. I hope they made a wish to be as holy as she is.
Such a celebration would be enough to make our week but God is always more generous in giving then we can expect and we were given another birthday to celebrate. Br Casmir brought lots of joy to our small community as we came together to celebrate the gift of his life. This time there was no competition at blowing candles at the altar as Br Casmir did a splendid job to blow the candles himself (though he struggled with the last candle). Our Founder St Eugene de Mazenod was always very particular to make sure that the important events in the life of the community were celebrated in a simple but friendly way. We have big events to celebrate like the anniversary of the Oblate Foundation but we don’t overlook the events in the life of our brother Oblates, like their birthdays. It is not only a good excuse to have a cake but it is the day when in a special way we praise God for blessing us with these people who are our brothers because they have been given to us by Jesus himself who called them to be the Oblates of his Immaculate Mother. Happy birthday Br Casmir!!!
Such a celebration would be enough to make our week but God is always more generous in giving then we can expect and we were given another birthday to celebrate. Br Casmir brought lots of joy to our small community as we came together to celebrate the gift of his life. This time there was no competition at blowing candles at the altar as Br Casmir did a splendid job to blow the candles himself (though he struggled with the last candle). Our Founder St Eugene de Mazenod was always very particular to make sure that the important events in the life of the community were celebrated in a simple but friendly way. We have big events to celebrate like the anniversary of the Oblate Foundation but we don’t overlook the events in the life of our brother Oblates, like their birthdays. It is not only a good excuse to have a cake but it is the day when in a special way we praise God for blessing us with these people who are our brothers because they have been given to us by Jesus himself who called them to be the Oblates of his Immaculate Mother. Happy birthday Br Casmir!!!
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