Shower Of God’s Mercy

SHOWER OF GOD’S MERCY AT MARGHERITA

Sometimes Christians say that the sense time for confessions as comfortable as possible of sin is diminishing and less and less people by providing stand fans for all the confession frequent the sacrament of confession. Conver als. Confessions went on till two o’clock in the sion is an ongoing reality and Christ’s call to afternoon. There were 27 priests to hear confes conversion continues to resound in the lives sions. It was wonderful to see so many priests of the Christians. This second conversion is approached by a large group of youngsters to an uninterrupted task for the whole church, receive God’s mercy and forgiveness. The con who, at once holy and always in need of pu fessions were immediately followed by torrenrification, follows constantly the path of pential rains, symbolically showing that all the sins ance and renewal and clasps sinners to her bowere washed away. The weather became cool som. This endeavour of conversion is not just and pleasant again. a human work, it is the movement of a human heart drawn and moved by grace to respond to Fr. Nazarius Lakra sdb, Don Bosco Tinsukia the merciful love of God who loved us first (cf. CCC1428).

Last 20 July 2016 was a day of celebration of conversion and forgiveness. There were 1,600 youth gathered in the Divine Retreat Centre at Margherita (Assam) for retreat which was or ganized by the priests belonging to the Society of Vincent De Paul. The Church was packed to full capacity and more youth were struggling to enter the church due to the overcrowding.

Confessions began at 9.00 am. Penitents began streaming in from all sides. The day was quite hot. Resident priests tried to make the 16 / Dimapur Links: Sept. - Oct. 2016