St. Anthony Church Siolim
A WARM WELCOME
It gives me immense joy to join you as your pastor leading this renowned Parish of St. Anthony, Siolim, along with my close collaborators, to greater spiritual heights. Hence, I greet all of you with fraternal love! In our times the immense gift that the Creator has bestowed upon us is none other than the privilege of communicating to one another at the pace of the “speed of light.” Within no seconds we are connected to each other in any remote part of the world and remain updated of all the news and happenings on account of the internet facilities. That is why the entire universe has been reduced to a“global village” and everyone experiences the closest of proximity when communicating with others who are miles and miles away from us. In this most challenging period of Covid-19
Fr. Socorro Mendes
Parish Priest
St. Anthony Church Siolim
Our Profound Gratitude
The Late Mr. Sebastian Lazaro Florentino D’Cruz once wrote in one of his books, “ Just as all Goenkars have a taste for their rice and curry so also all Catholics love their village church. But my love to my church trancends far beyond this saying.” Following in the footsteps of his ancestors who had been working in our Siolim Church as Sacristians, he too dedicated 10 years of service as a Sacristian from 1945 to 1955.
Good morning & wish you a tall Thursday! (Lk 11, 14-23)
Today's passage refers to the MUTE demon whom Jesus cast away. As of now, the whole cosmos is swayed by egoistic dumb & mute demons with their violent trends, with obscure distructive forces & domineering evil forces which no person is capable of mastering. Some of the world political leaders, on flimsy grounds, wage wars & disturb the peace & harmony of the Cosmos. In fact, union is force, but disunion is evil, it is distructive. This division, distruction, misunderstanding, a claim to be super power & greed to accumulate wealth, is nothing else but personalised evil.
Only the FINGER of God can exorcise & destroy these subtle demoniac forces & bestow upon us His lasting peace.
Can we, with the power & solidarity of prayer & collective efforts, combat against these clandestine demoniac forces? God save the universe!