St. Anthony Church Siolim
A WARM WELCOME
It gives me immense joy to join you as your pastor leading this renowned Parish of St. Anthony, Siolim, along with my close collaborators, to greater spiritual heights. Hence, I greet all of you with fraternal love! In our times the immense gift that the Creator has bestowed upon us is none other than the privilege of communicating to one another at the pace of the “speed of light.” Within no seconds we are connected to each other in any remote part of the world and remain updated of all the news and happenings on account of the internet facilities. That is why the entire universe has been reduced to a“global village” and everyone experiences the closest of proximity when communicating with others who are miles and miles away from us. In this most challenging period of Covid-19
Fr. Socorro Mendes
Parish Priest
St. Anthony Church Siolim
Our Profound Gratitude
The Late Mr. Sebastian Lazaro Florentino D’Cruz once wrote in one of his books, “ Just as all Goenkars have a taste for their rice and curry so also all Catholics love their village church. But my love to my church trancends far beyond this saying.” Following in the footsteps of his ancestors who had been working in our Siolim Church as Sacristians, he too dedicated 10 years of service as a Sacristian from 1945 to 1955.
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Good morning & wish you a glorious Sunday as we celebrate the World Day of the Poor! (Mt 25, 14-30)
Today's parable of the 3 servants refers to 3 practical realities of human life:
1stly one refers to the goodness of God who freely & lovingly entrusts to each one of us his gifts/talents.2ndly, He withdraws Himself & in His absence, leaves the entire initiative to each one of us to work on them.
3rdly, He rightly asks us to give us a proper account of the gifs entrusted to us.
The first two servants put on a lot of efforts by doing entrepreneurship & manifesting their responsibility by doubling their capital.
The 3rd one due to his foolishness & sluggishness does nothing & makes God's treasure sterile. He did not even endeavour to put in a Bank so that it could earn interest.
Our life & the talents it contains are a pure gift from God. He expects us to be grateful, to work on them, to multiply them and to fruitify them.
Are we ready to make the best of our talents & give an account to God?