"AWAKENING" THE FINALE

There's gonna be a Great Awakening,

There's gonna be a great revival in our land,

There's gonna be a great awakening

and everyone who calls on Jesus, they will be saved !  

The Pentecost & Recommitment day celebrations here were indeed a time of great Awakening for the Jesus Youth & the Church in UK.

We started our 100 days of Grace with a Prayer campaign by actively participating in the 

50 days round the clock Eucharistic Adoration in Vatican (From Ash Wednesday to Easter) followed by “Awakening” - 50 day round the clock Eucharistic Adoration in UK (From Easter Monday to Pentecost Day). The weekly reflections also helped us prepare ourselves for this great day.

For “Awakening” we had more than 500 people who came over during these 50 days. It was a time were each one of us witnessed numerous miracles and blessings in our lives, our families, ministries and the Church here in UK. This initiative had been a spark that has resulted in various zonal teams like Birmingham, Bolton, Liverpool, London, Cardiff, etc plan Eucharistic Adorations zonally for such longer periods along with the local Church and other youth movements, specially during this Jubilee year.

This initiative has also got a new hope and light to the Jesus Youth movement & Church in UK with the commitment and work of our youth who have taken fulltime and partime commitments to support this initiative. They have taken challenging commitments and have been great witnesses to the youngsters here. A special thanks to the team who worked behind this initiative!!

We were graced with the presence of His Excellency Bishop Malcolm McMahon (Bishop of Nottingham and the chair of the Department of  Evangelisation & Catechesis of the  Bishops Conference), Rev. Fr. John Joe Maloney (Episcopal Vicar of Leicestershire & Rutland),

Msgr. John Lally, Fr. Paul Nelikulam (Parish priest – Mother of God Church, venue of the 50 days Adoration), Fr. Marcel Fangoo & Fr. Joel to celebrate the Recommitment day Mass for us. We were also blessed to have with us Manoj chettan & family with us for the entire day.

We had plans to invite the His Excellency, but we did not do so initially as it was late when we had our final plans for the day sorted. It was a great miracle for us when His Excellency called and asked if he could come and celebrate the Mass for us and give a surprise to the Jesus Youth of UK. Praise God for all His blessings!!

We had around 450 Jesus Youth who came over yesterday to recommit their lives to Jesus and, His mission through the Jesus Youth Movement to be at the service of the Church.

We started the day with a fellowship over lunch followed by the Recommitment day Liturgy & Awakening conclusion Adoration, May Day procession along with the deanery, Session by Manoj Sunny & the Recommitment day Mass and anointing Prayer. It was such an anointed time when His Excellency and all the Priests anointed and Prayer over every person who came and also when His Excellency led the Recommitment day Prayer & Jubilee Prayer with great passion. His opening statement on Jesus Youth was quite uplifting for every Jesus Youth who came.

A few of us also got some time for discussion over dinner with His Excellency who has expressed all his appreciation and support for our work as a missionary movement at the service of the Church.

These 100 days have truly brought in great Awakening to the Jesus Youth of UK.

Love and Prayers

Abhy Thomas

Awakening - Day 48

"O God, help us be faithful and true to ourselves, to others and to You. Grant that nothing may ever make us tell a lie of any kind, either by exaggeration or understatement or by unjustifiable mental restriction. Assist us in our weakness so that we may never grieve or disappoint those who love us and those we love. Help us to keep our promises and enable us to grow as trustworthy men and women in small things and great things alike. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen."

It was an awesome experience for everyone gathered here on this Saturday evening, as we were lead into the Pentecostal vigil mass by Fr. Arikat. God's grace and the blessing of the Holy spirit was indeed experienced by nearly 40 people as we gathered round the Eucharistic table. I thank all the people who were present here today, all the local families and youth from Leicester and in a very special way i take the opportunity to thank Fr. Arikat and Sr. Ancilla for their prayers and blessing. God Bless u!!

Awakening - Day 47

"O God, give us the fruit of gentleness. Help us never to speak an angry or a cruel word, and never to do a hurting or a wounding deed. Grant that we may never find pleasure in anything that would hurt any person or animal. Help us to be as careful of the feelings of others as we would wish them to be of us. Make us gentle and thoughtful to those who are sick, sad, old or weak and easily hurt. This we ask for your love’s sake. Amen"

I thank Vinod and Seema, Binu and Smitha, and Simi (London); Ponnie, Robert,Bejay and Victor (Cardiff);Tenny (Liverpool); Saramma (Belfast);Rini and Andrecia (Manchester) and all the parishnors of the Mother of God Parish for coming here today. God bless you all!!

Awakening - Day 46

"Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words." Romans 8: 26

As we prepare ourselves for the feast of the Pentecost there seems to be awesome presence of the Holy spirit in this place. Seven days into the Holy spirit novena, contemplating each day on the various gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit, seeing the mighty works in the lives of the Apostles and the early church in the daily reading, gives us a new vigor to move on ahead. New vitality to entrust ourselves completely at the disposal of the Holy spirit to be used in spite of our weaknesses, from the conviction that the Spirit lives and moves in our hearts and empowers us each day of our lives.

I thank Elsamma, Varghese and Febin (Birmingham); Jeens Nolly (Birmingham); Lizy Symon (Walsall); Arun, Vinod and Seema, Binu and Smitha (London); Andrecia and RIni (Manchester); Manu (Liverpool); Hazel (Chester); Jocelyn (London); Abhy, Savio, Mrudula and Pradeep (Leicester) for having come here and spend time in the presence of the Eucharistic Lord. God bless us all!

Awakening - Day 45

"Truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit." John 12:24

When we give up ourselves to God he makes us in to beautiful instruments which bears much fruits. day 45 was a blessed day were we witnessed the Spirit of God in action. 'Nothing compares to the promise we have in Him'- these words are so much true. Our God is a faithful God.

I thank Arun (London), Steffi (Peterborough), Pious (Leicester), Siby and Family (Melton Mowbray), Shiji (Leicester), Patrick (Leicester), Joby Thomas and Family (Leicester), Rini (Manchester), Andrecia (Manchester), Johnson, Suria, Sindhu, Soey, Avarachen (Leicester), Pradeep (Leicester), Abhy (Leicester) and Manu (Leicester) for spending time with the Lord. God bless you all!

Awakening - Day 44

"Who can calculate the power of His majesty and relate His great goodness? Nothing can be added to Him or taken away" Sirach 18: 5-6

The power and majesty of our good Lord is so evident in this place. His mercy and Love is overflowing and there are no words to express our gratitude and gratefulness towards Him. Entering in to the last 6 days of Awakening we are witnessing how God's power and might is attracting His beloved sons and daughters from across the different parts of the country. Lord we come to You acknowledging that there is none like You and no one else can touch my heart like You do!

I thank Fr.Arikat , Vishak and Mathew (London) for having spent two days with the Lord. I also thank Pradeep (Leicester), Robin and Family (Liverpool), Arun (London), Somi (Leicester) for being here with the Eucharistic Lord. God bless u all

Awakening - Day 43

"How good and delightful to see kindred living together in unity! It is like precious oil poured upon Aaron's head, running down his beard on to the collar of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon coming down the mountains of Zion, where the Lord confers His blessing; life everlasting" Psalms 133

It was indeed a day when children of God assembled in the presence of Lord with much joy and happiness. How beautiful it is when God's people come together. The marvels that the Lord work amongst His people is so wonderful and miraculous.

I thank Fr. Sebastian Arikat (Coventry), Beena (Leicester), Hazel (Chester), Jocelyn (London), Mini James (Leicester), Sibi Joseph and Family (Leicester), Maymol (Leicester), Joboy (Leicester), Vishak and Mathew(London) for coming here and spending the day with the Lord. Also thanking the Leicester prayer group for joining the Holy Mass and Novena and for leading us all in to a time of prayer and worship. God bless you all!