Visit to St. Theresa's Home

 Fourteen members visited the St. Theresa Home’s for the Aged on Sun 19Aug.  The Home has about 200 residents, cared for by a dedicated team of 50 staff, overseen by the Brothers of Mercy.  We attended Mass in the chapel together with the Catholic residents and nursing aids.  In the midst of human frailty, we were reminded of our own dependence on God’s benevolence and continued blessings.  The Second Reading from Eph 5:15-20 was a call from St. Paul to “Watch carefully then how you live...” and to make good use of the opportunity offered by the present time to live out the will of God in our lives. 

After Mass, we served the residents food catered from the SCORE Food Services.  We joined the residents for a sumptuous lunch of sweet and sour chicken, lemon sliced fish, braised bean curd with mixed seafood, Loh Han Chye, Yong Chow fried rice, prawn and chives omelette, and desert of almond long an jelly.  The residents and staff were appreciative of our gesture of love; and we, thankful to the Lord for the many opportunities to live out our vocations as Vincentians to share in his works of feeding His lambs.

New Prayer for the Canonisation of Blessed Frederic Ozanam

PRAYER FOR THE CANONISATION OF BLESSED FREDERIC OZANAM

In the hope of obtaining a miracle through his intercession

Lord,  

You made Blessed Frédéric Ozanam a witness of the Gospel, full of wonder at the mystery of the Church.

You inspired him to alleviate poverty and injustice and endowed him with untiring generosity in the service of all who were suffering.

In family life, he revealed a most genuine love as a son, brother, husband and father.

In secular life, his ardent passion for the truth enlightened his thought, writing and teaching.

His vision for our society was a network of charity encircling the world and he instilled St Vincent de Paul’s spirit of love, boldness and humility.

His prophetic social vision appears in every aspect of his short life, together with the radiance of his virtues.

We thank you Lord, for those many gifts and we ask, if it is your will, the grace of a miracle through the intercession of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam. 

May the Church proclaim his holiness, as a saint, a providential light for today’s world!

We make this prayer through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

(Source: International General Council of SSVP)