Ayer Tawar chapel celebrates feast of St Anne

“There are three elements to cooperating with God to fulfil His salvation through the family, said Fr Aloysius Tan on August 2 at the Chapel of St Anne during its feastday celebration

Aug 18, 2017

By DMC Durairaj
“There are three elements to cooperating with God to fulfil His salvation through the family, said Fr Aloysius Tan on August 2 at the Chapel of St Anne during its feastday celebration

“They are — to place priority on prayer and worship, to increase love within the family and, to be of service to one another. The important element is to grow in hope. The family is like a field with treasure — we want to give everything for it,” said the priest from Kampar.

Fr Tan spoke on the theme for the first day which was Hope Creates Harmonious Families. He presided at the multilingual Eucharistic celebration with parish priest Fr Vincent Paul concelebrating. The celebration began with a flag-raising ceremony and novena.

On August 3, the Eucharistic celebration was presided by Fr Anthony Pillai, assistant priest from Taiping parish, with Fr Vincent concelebrating. In his homily, he stressed how we should be united, no matter the race or religion. It is always good to be involved in church activities. This will strengthen our faith and relationship with one another.

On August 4, the Eucharistic celebration was presided by Fr Vincent Paul, assisted by Deacon Lazarus from St Anne, BM parish. The homily for the day was by Deacon Lazarus who shared on the Gospel reading about how Jesus was rejected in His hometown. He gave three reasons. Firstly, the people knew him as a carpenter, secondly, being from the same town, thirdly, they had a low impression of the family as Mary had been pregnant before marriage. He also asked a few questions for everyone to ponder on such as, Do we treat people equally? Do we look at their status? The anointing of the sick followed after the homily.

On Aug 5, the final day, Fr Vincent was the main celebrant, with Deacon Clement Samuel from Taiping parish assisting. The theme for the celebration was the Parable of the Sower. Deacon Clement, in the homily began by asking, Have we been growing as good Christians? Why is it that some do not change? The reasons could be that they hear, but they don’t believe. They are too busy and have no time for the Word of God. St Anne taught Mary the Word of God — Mary was to say YES to God’s word. Parents, nowadays, should teach their children the Word of God so that God can work on all of us and we can grow spiritually.

An the end of the Mass, there was a candlelight procession, with Fr Vincent carrying the Blessed Sacrament, followed by the decorated and lighted statue of St Anne. Hundreds of parishioners followed, singing hymns and reciting the Holy Rosary. The procession ended with the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at the Chapel.

Fr Vincent was happy and proud that the parishioners of this little Chapel were able to make all the arrangements for the successful feastday celebration.

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