Mangaluru: Most Rev Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, the Bishop of Mangaluru celebrated the feast of the Relic of Saint Anthony at the Milagres Church grounds here on Feb 15.
The Bishop said that this feast is a thanksgiving celebration for the numerous favours received through the powerful intercession of Saint Anthony. The large gathering present for the feast is a witness to the unfailing help of the Wonder Worker Saint Anthony he said.
Very Rev. Father Maxim Noronha, Parish Priest of Infant Jesus Church Bantwal-Modankap delivered the homily. He preached the usefulness of the tongue in human life. The tongue can encourage others and revive somebody’s hopes. If not used properly it can also malign somebody’s name and destroy other’s lives. He called on the people present to make use of the tongue to praise God and speak well of others. When we do this we celebrate a meaningful feast in honour of Saint Anthony’s Relic (Saint Anthony’s tongue), he said.
Earlier during the day at 4.30 pm, a Holy Mass was celebrated at the Milagres Church in Malayalam by Most Rev. Dr. Varghese Chakkalakal, Bishop of Calicut. A Holy Mass was celebrated by Very Rev. Dr. Pius D’Souza the Episcopal Vicar for Religious at 8.15 am at the Milagres Church for the sick and elderly. At 11 am a Holy Mass was celebrated by Msgr. Denis Moras Prabhu the Vicar General of the Diocese for the inmates and special invitees at the Ashram, Jeppu.
35 priests and more than 4,000 devotees participated in the celebration.
