Rev. Fr. Ronald Rodrigues from Pangla now a priest in Lucknow Diocese administered First Holy Communion on Sunday the 1st May 2016 at St. John Evangelist Church Pangla.shankerpura
The fifteen children dressed in snow white dress with candles entered the church in procession along with their parents. The Holy Eucharist Mass was concelebrated by Rev. Fr. Vincent Coelho, Principal PU College along with Rev. Fr. Ronald Rodrigues and Rev. Fr. Jerald D’Mello.
In his brief Homily Fr. Vincent Coelho highlighted the very famous hymn “ What a friend we have in Jesus “ written by Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada. The death of Scriven’s girlfriend brought immense sorrow to Scriven and he lost interest in everything and went into seclusion. However in sorrow he finally found Jesus and wrote this beautiful poem to comfort his mother who was worried about her son which eventually turned out to be the most important hymn of Roman Catholics.Fr. Coelho also sang the hymn in konkani (Dulob Jeju Mogal ista) along with Children of First Holy Communion and requested them to sing this hymn everyday to honour Jesus Chirst. Link of this beautiful and holy hymn lyrics and musical notations given below.
Fr. Jerald D’Mello blessed the Rosarys and Scapulars and distributed to the children wherein parents helped them to wear.
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