St. Xavier’s Parish, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, has 634 families residing in the western side of the city. Built on St. Xavier’s College Campus in 2001, it has an attractive church whose distinctive hallmark is the aesthetic Risen Christ with an Indian resonance to it and a welcoming gesture that attracts people to pray. An interesting facet is also the word “Navrangpura” means a complete spectrum of 9 colours and it coincidentally matches the nine ethnic communities that constitute the parish.
29 June, 2014
23 June, 2014
R.I.P. SR. ERMELINDA A.C. Age: 99 ½ Xavier's parish, Navrangpura.
MOUNT CARMEL CONVENT
Navrangpura
Ahmedabad
R.I.P.
SR. ERMELINDA A.C.
Age: 99 ½
Expired on 23rd June, 2014
Time: 5.40 a.m.
Funeral service at St. Xavier’s Church
On 24th June, 2014
At 9.30 a.m.
22 June, 2014
Thanks Fr Siddharth for being with us in Xavier's Parish
Thanks Fr Siddharth
Fr Siddharth Canisius has been transfered to St Xavier's School , Surat. He is no longer belongs to our Parish.
Fr P Siddarth Canisius SJ, joined the Society of Jesus (Gujarat Province) on 25 July 1984 and was ordained a priest on on 17 October 1998. His first appointment was to the Dang Missions. He spent about three months each in Pimpri, Shamgahan and Subir Missions. He has been both Hostel Director and Asst Parish priest in Unai Mission. After Tertionship (the final stage of formation in the SJ) in Spain was Minister of Premal Jyoti (Administratior) for three years. Simultaneously he has been the faculty of Gujarati Juniorate at Shradha. He has been serving in Our Parish for the past three years as assistant parish priest. He is known for his eloquence in Gujarati and knowledge of Indian music.
15 June, 2014
TRINITY Sunday 2014
MOST HOLY TRINITY (A) 15 June 2014
John 3, 16-18
José Antonio Pagola
Trust
in God
The
effort made by theologians through the centuries to explain in human concepts
the mystery of the Trinity today hardly helps Christians to revive their trust
in God the Father, to reaffirm their
adherence to Jesus, the incarnate Son of God and to welcome with a lively faith the presence of the Spirit of
God in us.
For this it would accordingly be good to
make an effort to approach the mystery
of God with simple words and a humble heart. We must do so by following
closely the message, deeds and the whole
life of Jesus: mystery of the incarnate Son of God.
The mystery of the Father is tender love and
unfailing forgiveness. No one is excluded
from his love, no one denied his forgiveness. The Father loves us and
seeks each one of his children through ways known only to him. He regards every human being with infinite
tenderness and deep compassion. It’s the
reason why Jesus always calls upon him
with a single word: “Father”.
Our main attitude before this Father should
be one of trust. The ultimate mystery of reality we believers call “God”,
should never cause us fear or worry: GOD
CAN ONLY LOVE US. He understands our little, vacillating faith. We should never feel sad about our lives,
almost always so mediocre; nor be discouraged on discovering that we have lived
for years away from this Father. We can entrust ourselves to him with
simplicity of heart. Our little faith will do.
Jesus invites us to place our trust in him.
These are his words: “Let not your
hearts be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me too. “ Jesus is the
living image of the Father. In his words
we listen to what the Father is telling us. In his actions and his
behavior, totally committed to making life more humane, he reveals to us how much God loves us.
That’s why in Jesus we can find in any
situation a real, friendly,
close-to-us God. He fills our
lives with peace. He has us change over from fear to trust, from suspicion to a
simple faith in the ultimate mystery of life that is only Love.
To welcome the Spirit that inspires the
Father and his Son Jesus is to welcome in us the invisible, silent, but real
presence of the mystery of God. When we
become conscious of this continual presence, there begins to arise in us a new
trust in God.
Our lives are fragile, full of
contradictions and uncertainty:
believers or not, we live surrounded by mystery. But the mysterious
presence of the Spirit is us, although weak, is sufficient to sustain our trust
in the ultimate Mystery of life that is only Love.
Spread
trust in God