Letter to all
Chaldean Students in the Catholic schools in Toronto Canada
Dear Students in
our Catholic schools, especially students of the international
program for our Chaldean Language, the peace and grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ be with you
On the occasion of
the beginning of the school year 2008-2009, I am pleased and
happy to assure you of my prayers and blessing. As always I
Pray for you during my daily Mass and daily Holy Rosary asking
our Lord Jesus Christ, through the intercession of our Lady the
virgin May, Star of the Morning, to intercede for you to her Son
our Savior Jesus Christ to send to all of you the Holy Spirit,
to illuminate your minds and to bless you during this year of
study, to have a brilliant future and to be always with Jesus,
for Jesus and living in His grace, accomplishing the will of God
the Father with humility and love.
At home, your
parents and love you and support you in all necessary things and
want you to be always happy in your life.
Also, dear
students when you are in the school with your teachers and the
other students you are invited to demonstrate a good attitude
towards your teachers who help you and serve you. They teach
you the necessary and important things to prepare you for a good
future. With your good collaboration and example in the school
you will achieve a good life, full of happiness and goodness.
Above all, beloved
children, I invite you to be close to your pastors and all their
collaborators in the church because they pray for you, they love
you and they wish you a holy life and a brilliant future in this
world and the next. You are to be witnesses of the word of God,
true disciples of Jesus Christ. With this unity with your
church you become children of God, disciples of Jesus Christ and
are able to proclaim the word of God to everybody and
everywhere. Demonstrate this good attitude from the gospel in
your life. Let your light shine before people to see your good
actions and to glorify your Father in Heaven, because you are
the light of the world.
Let your hearts be
open to the spirit of God to shine in your hearts and to choose
from you ministers for his kingdom as deacons, priests and
religious for His glory and the glory of His holy Church.
Dear beloved
students, according to the call of Our Lord Jesus Christ when He
says Ï am the Good Shepherd”, let us listen to His call to
follow Him and do His divine will in everything as He himself,
our Savior accomplished the divine will of His Father in the
garden of Gethsemane when he said” My Father, if this cup of
suffering cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be
done” Matt 26:42
With your good
actions and attitudes you are Disciples of Christ, Children of
God, our Creator and Father. Let the Holy Spirit come to you
and live in your life to give you His holy spirit of wisdom, the
spirit of understanding to be always holy and able to choose
good things to do and bad things to reject.
This year was
proclaimed to be the holy year of St. Paul according to our
Holy father Benedict XVI. I include these phrases by the
apostle of nations, St. Paul from chapter 5 and 6 of his letter
to the Ephesians.
St. Paul was
elected and chosen by Jesus Christ to be a holy instrument of
evangelization of all people. We are encouraged to follow him
and to be holy instruments ourselves, acting for the glory of
God. Everyone regardless of their positions, parents, pastors,
teachers, students are expected to have a holy and happy life in
union with the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit and
also with his church, one, holy catholic and apostolic. Jesus
Christ says that the world knows that you are my disciples when
you love each other.
Since you are
God’s children, you must try to be like Him. Your life must be
controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life
for us as a sweet smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases
God. Eph 5:1
Be careful how
you live. Don’t live like ignorant people, but like wise people
Eph 5:15
Children, it is
your Christian duty to obey your parents for this is the right
thing to do. “Respect your father and mother” is the first
commandment that has a promise added: “so that all may go well
with you, and you may live a long time in the land” Eph 6:1
Build up your
strength in union with the Lord and by means of his mighty
power. Eph 6:10
I invite you, my
beloved children, to meditate on this hymn dedicated to our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, not only during the kiss
of peace during the Mass but always, to live in the peace of
Christ forever.
Welcome,
welcome King of Love, our Lord Jesus Christ, light of the
world. Come to us our God. WE live and die in your love, O
Lord.
Believers, lets
us bring and give the peace of our Lord with faith and with a
pure heart and faithful love. Let us say to the lord, “Come to
us.”
Protect O lord
the leaders of our church, priests, deacons and all faithful
people, to live and die in your love O lord. Come to us our
God.
+Archbishop H.
Zora
Feat of the Holy
Cross September 14, 2008
