Today, being the feast of St.Alphonsa, most of the churches in the Syro-Malabar community have commemorated her life with great enthusiasm and love.St.Alphonsa draws the minds and hearts of Kerala Catholics with same kind of love that the little Flower has over the minds of Catholics all over the world. Even before she was canonized as a saint, people would gather in thousands at her grave on her day of her commemoration, asking for her intercession.She who has accepted suffering without any kind of resentment offers everyone an example to accept the troubles and hardships of life.Her simplicity, lack of affectation, her love for people , her sense of humility and her ardent prayer life have endeared her to ordinary people. She is the ordinary people's saint as they can identify themselves with her life.
Today's Gospel very well summarizes the the life of Alphonsa where Jesus speaks about the new life that will sprout from the decay of the old : "Unless a grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies , it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit."
Our hardships and death do not have the final say on our lives. If we trust in God, and believe in him, we will never undergo eternal destruction.Our sufferings will be the cause for our victory and joy.
Lord , help me to to put my trust in you and attain joy and peace under your loving protection.
Today's Gospel very well summarizes the the life of Alphonsa where Jesus speaks about the new life that will sprout from the decay of the old : "Unless a grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies , it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit."
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