2023 June Nuhra - Monthly of Knanaya Region USA

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. (John 6: 35)

Through Jesus’ most pure In the appearance, the Eucharist sacrifice, the Eucharist is a resembles a shared supper of bread shining example of righteousness, and wine in remembrance of the truth, beauty, the beginning, and the Last Supper, where Jesus gave the culmination of Christian life. The breaking of bread and sharing of Eucharist serves as a sacrifice and wine great importance by as a reminder of the suffering that connecting them to his impending Jesus underwent on our behalf. death. The Eucharist represents the Hence, the center of Christian goodness and fullness of Christ. worship centers on the Eucharist. What is goodness? Simply said, In response to Jesus’ command goodness is being full of virtue or during the last meal he shared with moral excellence. The Eucharist is his followers, “Do this in an example of goodness because it remembrance of me,” it is observed exemplifies the bravery and moral by Christians all over the world as excellence that Jesus displays when a memorial of the death and he gives himself up for us. What is resurrection of Jesus.As a preview the fullness of the Eucharist? Jesus of the heavenly banquet that he has in his omnipotence transforms the prepared for people from all nations bread and wine into His body and and cultures, God invites us all to blood to become one with humans his table during the Eucharist. completely and wholly. In the last supper he said” This is my body” “ Chris James This is my blood” “ Do this in Moonnuparayil memory of me”. Jesus is present in his fullness in the Holy Eucharist. San Antonio Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.” (John 6: 27)

Fr. Thomas Mulavanal Pope Francis says: “Faith, begins means when she speaks of the “Real love, and he concluded last supper when we realize we are in need of Presence” of Christ in the Eucharist. salvation. We are not self-sufficient; All that happens in the Mass is difficult by telling his disciples “Do this in we need the Lord, like ancient to summarize in a sentence or two, navigators needed the stars”. He is for the entire mystery of redemption memory of me”. In scripture, reminding us that even in a time of is bound up with Eucharistic liturgy. turbulence and crisis, Jesus is present Indeed, as St. John Paul 11 writes, memorial does not merely recall a among us, as present as he was long the entire saving mystery of Jesus’ ago in the boat on the Sea of Galilee. “death and resurrection “ is gathered past event. It makes that event Pandemic situations affected the up, foreshadowed, and concentrated whole life of humanity: mentally, forever in the gift of the Holy Present. The celebration of the socially and religiously. Our life Eucharist. Jesus awaits us in this became more mechanical than sacrament of love. Eucharist is often called as “The Holy functional. Virtual medias were the In the celebration of the Eucharist, the only source to replace in-person bread and wine become the Body and Sacrifice of the Mass.” It is called attendance in the parishes. Religious Blood of Jesus Christ through the practices become slightly lowered power of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Qurbana in the eastern and the attendance in Eucharistic instrumentality of the priest. The whole celebrations were justified by the Christ is truly present in it. The same churches. The celebration of the online resources. It has impacted in Jesus who affirmed “I am the living the most important sacramental life bread that came from heaven; Eucharistic sacrifice is wholly of the Catholics in the whole world. whoever eats this bread will live It is in this contest; the Catholic church forever; and the bread that I will give directed toward the intimate union of of America asked its members to is my flesh for the life of the world” revive their faith in the Eucharist as (Jn.6.51), re-incarnates in the bread the faithful with Christ through catholic faith is centred around it. As of every Eucharist. a source and summit of the catholic The Catholic Church teaches that communion. To receive communion faith, we must give more importance although Christ is present to his people to live a Eucharistic centred life. in many ways - in the poor, in his is to receive Christ himself who has Understanding the sacramental word, in the sacraments, and in the mystery of the Eucharist as the real prayer of two or more gathered in his offered himself for us. Indeed, Holy and true presence in body and blood name - he is uniquely present in the of Christ is the basic thing we have to Eucharist. The transformed bread and Communion is the most profound do in our spiritual journey. When the wine are truly the Body and Blood of bread and wine is consecrated by a Christ, and are not merely symbols. union we can have with God in this priest, it really becomes the body, Though the bread and wine appear blood, soul and divinity of Jesus the same to our human faculties, they side of eternity. In Holy Communion, Christ.Jesus Christ is substantially are actually the real body and blood contained in the Eucharist. Through of Jesus. our Lord enters our bodies, joining the Eucharist, Christ, God and man, makes himself wholly and entirely Jesus instituted this sacrament of the himself to our souls in this most present. This is what the Church Eucharist as the memorial of his death and resurrection and a pledge of his intimate union. Making use of the resources the church is providing in these years of Eucharistic revival, we shall try our best to learn, meditate and live our faith in this Most Holy Sacrament. Being the most important food for eternity, we must approach this sacrament with utmost reverence, devotion, and love. Remember the words of St. Paul “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For everyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgement upon himself” (I cor. 11: 27-29). W

Hannah Moonnuparayil San Antonio What is the Holy Eucharist? The holy Eucharist is the for forgiveness. The holy Eucharist Why is the Holy Eucharist most important sacrament for us will help us to grow in virtue and important in our lives? Holy Catholics because it is the center become more aware of ways to love Eucharist is the superior form of of the catholic faith. Through the and respect family and friends. It worship. It is the most important holy Eucharist, we receive spiritual also deepens our faith in God. part of the Qurbana where the nourishment. By receiving the holy bread and wine turn into the holy Eucharist we remember the To conclude we should not body and blood of Jesus Christ. sacrifice Jesus did on Calvary and only worship at the altar but also in We see the repetition of the help us to grow in love for each our daily lives. Living our lives as a sacrifice and love by Jesus. In the other. In John 3:16 it says “For continuous “Eucharist” is Holy Qurbana, we celebrate the God so loved the world that he challenging. For that, we have to be life, death, and resurrection of gave his only begotten son, for aware of the hunger the world has, Jesus. It is important in our lives whosoever believe in him shall not and we must see how Jesus had when we receive the Holy perish, but have eternal life.” Being special attention to the hunger of Eucharist and feel the love and united with God is the most others. Jesus recognized our peace and get united with Jesus. powerful and complete spiritual hunger and saw that we communication of love between us were lost in our ways and he The grace from the holy and God. The Lord gave us the became our shepherd. The Eucharist is poured on us like an sacrament of Holy Communion on Eucharist invites us to realize the everlasting fountain. It supplies us Holy Thursday during the last world’s hunger around us so that with the liveliness to lead a God- supper. The Eucharist is the most we can give ourselves to others. centered life for us and others to important of all 7 sacraments see. The sacred Eucharist teaches because we receive the divinity of W us charity, removes our permissible Jesus Christ which helps us for sins, and protects us from mortal selfless dedication. sins. A genuine example of how Mother Teresa became a saint is The holy Eucharist can by receiving the strength from the transform people’s lives. We Holy Eucharist to serve the poor, receive the strength to forgive old, sick, and afflicted. She others and receive humility to ask sacrificed her life in poverty as a role model for us to shadow her. So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” (John 6: 32 - 33)

Anita Joseph Poozhikunnel Florida An ordained, Catholic priest is to have, what Tarsisius was carrying. term, tran substantiation to specify the using the words used by Jesus Tarsisius refused. The group beat, during the consecration of the gifts. Tarsisius to his, death. In the changing of the bread and wine, into Instantly the bread and wine become year,1581 during the reign of Queen the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. Elizabeth, the first. It was considered, the body and blood of our, Lord and This is verified by all the Eucharistic an act of treason, to say the Holy miracles ever, recorded. Mass. During that time, Edmund Savior Jesus Christ.Sadly only thirty- Throughout history, Eucharistic Campion, traveled on foot to join the miracles, happened during times of Jesuit order. Edmund was captured. three percent of Catholics believe that the weakening of the faith in the He was hanged to his death. In the church. It is seen that people willingly 1900s in China, a church was they are receiving the real flesh and gave up, their life, to protect the destroyed. The thirty-two consecrated host. On December 4 consecrated host were strewn onto blood of Jesus during the Holy Mass. in the year,1912. Smoke broke out the ground.Ayoung girl, sitting inside in the smoking club of the Knight of the church, had noticed this It is very common for young children Columbus gathering, at the Saint desecration. She would go into the Philip Mary Catholic church in, church daily and one by one she, to desire to receive the host. It is the Bronx New York. At 8.12a.m, the consumed the consecrated host from place was sealed for the smoke the ground. On the last and the thirty- responsibility of every parent to damage. Two priests, Father Daniel second day, the guard woke up. He Burke, and Father Joseph Conjedo caught her. Later the young girl was carefully and patiently explain, that ran into the church building, past the killed. firefighters. Later the two priests In the year 1224, in Assisi in Italy. you must wait for your Holy returned. One with an object, The Roman Emperor, Frederick came wrapped in a handkerchief. The with his, army to attack the convent Communion to receive, other priest, with a lighted candle, was of the Poor Claire’s. Claire, a nun beside the first priest. The object was went with a host and faced Jesus. Various stores sell the bread. the consecrated host. Frederick’s army. As Claire, raised In the third century, in the Roman the Eucharist towards the army, the It is very tempting to buy this bread empire, Tarsisius, a young boy was army suddenly stopped, turned, and sent out with the consecrated, host left. and have it at home. Please as a to give them to the, persecuted According to the second Vatican Christians. A group of boys Council, the Eucharist is the source parent, it is your responsibility to teach surrounded, Tarsisius. They wanted and summit of the Christian life. According to Bishop Barron the real your children, what is the difference I am the living bread that presence of, Jesus is in the Eucharist. came down from heaven; Ronald Knox said; if there is one between a concentrated host and an whoever eats this bread will command from Jesus that is followed live forever; and the bread for over two thousand years. It is, do unconsecrated host. Put your foot that I will give is my flesh this in memory of me. for the life of the world.” In the eleventh century, the down, and not even for a moment, Archbishop of Tours first used the (John 6: 51) contemplate encouraging the falsehood. Saint Augustine says the following about the Eucharist:”The lives of the faithful, their praise, their suffering, their prayers, and their work, are united with those of Christ. In as much as it is a sacrifice, the Eucharist is likewise offered for all the faithful, living and dead, in reparation for the sins of all and to obtain spiritual and temporal benefits from God”. The blessed, Carlo Aqutishad considered, Eucharist to be the “highway to heaven”. The Italian priest, Thomas Aquinas says that “Christ is present in a twofold manner in the Eucharist : firstly in the power of a sacrament, and secondly by natural W concomitance”.

Bibita Cijoy Parappallil, New Jersey Few months back, I was helping my daughter find and recognized Jesus, the disciples returned to Jerusalem some Bible verses related to the Holy Eucharist, as and continued to live for Jesus. Let each Holy Qurbana preparation for her first Holy Communion. Our eyes fell give us the grace to reconcile with Jesus and live the will of on a Bible verse (Luke 24: 30-32) “And it happened God. that, while he was with them at the table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave to them. With that The bread of Life their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.” I realized that this was indeed “Amen, amen I say to you, whoever believes has eternal the first Qurbana after the passion and death of Jesus life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in Christ. On that day, Jesus preached the word of God the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down and then blessed and broke the bread, which is what from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the we do in each Qurbana. Jesus himself is the priest and bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread heisremindingusthatwehavetocontinuethissacrament, will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for which he initiated at the Last Supper. This blessing and the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves breaking of the bread opened the eyes of the disciples saying, “ How can this man give his flesh to eat?” Jesus said and helped them recognize Jesus, whom they didn’t to them, “Amen, amen I say to you, unless you eat the flesh acknowledge until then, even though He was walking of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life with them all the way from Jerusalem. Let us pray to within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood Jesus in each Holy Communion to open our eyes to see has eternal life and I will raise him on the last day. For my Him. These disciples were going away from Jerusalem- flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoevereats the city of God where Jesus had asked them to stay my flesh and drinks my blood, remains in me and I in him. until he comes back.As soon as they received this bread John 6: 47- 56 W Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. (John 6: 53 - 56)

Betsy Kizhakkepuram us and wants us to just be ourselves and not only He, but New Jersey everyone else would accept us for it. That is what true “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the modesty looks like. If we let our beauty be seen by our Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a kindness and our peace and gentleness, then we will have price. So glorify God in your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Modesty is a really important aspect of our true beauty. Now, just to be clear, having modesty doesn’t Catholic lives. It teaches us to not only respect ourselves, but the people around us well. When we mean never wearing anything pretty or fancy— it’s just a think of the term modesty, most of us probably immediately think about wearing modest clothing, but means to remember to have respect. One of the best that’s not what modest is all about. Modesty is more than just a superficial thing, such as clothing. Modesty examples of where we have to dress modestly is in church. allows for someone to show the greatest amount of respect to themselves, others, and God. When we We should always make sure to dress appropriately when show modesty, we represent our personal boundaries and set up how we let ourselves and others see us. It we go to God’s sacred building because that is where also helps us moderate our behavior. Instead of acting out and being brash in public, it lets us humble ourselves God resides and lives.As mentioned before, modesty is a and show ourselves as kind children of God. sign of respect, and for whom should we give greater 1 Peter 3:4 says that “let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty respect and importance other than God? of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.” God made each and every one of us to be Sometimes, modesty can be a really hard thing to beautiful, each in our own special way. He doesn’t want us to try to extravagantly present ourselves as manage. When things make us upset or angry, we tend to that makes us proud and arrogant. Rather, God loves just want to react to it with the first thing that pops up into our mind. However, by practicing modesty, we would be able to control our emotions and thoughts and be able to speak kindly even in the midst of the anger. Praying to God is a great way to help us develop our modesty as it gives us the strength to develop this valuable Fruit of the Holy Spirit into our lives. Ultimately, modesty is such an important thing that we should all try to implement into our lives through prayer and action. In the end, let us remember when Paul teaches us to “humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so W that at the proper time he may exalt you.” YOUCAT 208 What is Holy Eucharist? Holy Eucharist is the sacrament in which Jesus Christ gives his Body and Blood—himself—for us, so that we too might give ourselves to him in love and be united with him in Holy Communion. In this way we are joined with the one Body of Christ, the Church. hidden, unbloody manner. Thus the the Cross; when we drink from the chalice, After Baptism and celebration of the Eucharist is “the we unite ourselves with him who even Confirmation, the Eucharist is the third sacrament of initiation source and summit of the Christian poured out his blood out of love for us. We of the Catholic Church. The Eucharist is the mysterious center life”(SecondVaticanCouncil,Lumen did not invent this ritual. Jesus himself of all these sacraments, because the historic sacrifice of Jesus on gentium [LG], 11). Everything aims celebrated the Last Supper with his disciples the Cross is made present during the words of consecration in a at this; besides this there is nothing and therein anticipated his death; he gave greater that one could attain. When himself to his disciples under the signs of we eat the broken Bread, we unite bread and wine and commanded them from ourselves with the love of Jesus, who then on, even after his death, to celebrate gave his body for us on the wood of the Eucharist. “Do this in remembrance of W me” (1 Cor 11:24).

PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE KNANAYA COMMUNITY For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross (through him), whether those on earth or those in heaven. – Colossians 1: 19-20 kz¿§-Ønepw `qan-bnepap≈ F√m hkvXp-°-sfbpw Ah\\- ne- qsS AhnS- p∂p Xt∂mSv A\\pc- R- vPn∏- n°- pI- bpw Ah\\v Ipcn-in¬ Nn¥n-b-c‡w hgn kam-[m\\w ÿm]n- °p-Ibpw sNbvXp. (sImtfm-tkmkv 1:20) O God, we pray for our Knanaya community, which is going through a crisis at this time. We acknowledge that we are sinners and we have sinned against you. Please wash our community with your precious blood. Heal all our wounds and fill us with the grace of forgiving love, so we may love one another and be united in you. Protect our future generations so that we can share our faith with them. Amen. ]nXm-hmb ssZh-ta, Rßsf Iv\\m\\mb amXm-]n-Xm-°-fn¬ \\n∂pw P\\n-∏n®p Cu kap-Zmb-Øn¬ AwK-ß-fm-°n-b-Xn\\p R߃ \\µn ]d-bp-∂p. Aß-bpsS lnX-Øm- em-Wt√m R߃ Cu kap-Zmb AwK-߃ Bb-Xv. Rß-fpsS kaq-lsØ A\\p- {K-ln-°-W-ta. R߃ ]m]n-Ifpw _e-lo-\\cpw BsW∂v G‰p ]d-bp-∂p. Rß- fpsS apdn-hp-Iƒ \\ns‚ Xncp-c-‡-Øm¬ Igp-I-W-ta. R߃°p kam-[m\\w \\¬I- W-ta. Rß-fpsS Xe-ap-d-Isf A\\p-{K-ln-°-W-ta. Ah¿ \\ns∂ Adn™p hf-cm≥ CS-bm-°-W-ta. W Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, “Take this And it happened that, while he was with and share it among yourselves; for I tell you [that] them at table, he took bread, said the from this time on I shall not drink of the fruit of the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. vine until the kingdom of God comes.” Then he took With that their eyes were opened and the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. (Luke 24: 30 - 31) them, saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.” (Luke 22: 17 - 19)

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