The parish of St Ann usually receives Christmas gifts from the parishioners of St Joseph and St Peter to be distributed to the parishioners in the rural villages in the Upper Padawan area.
In December 2008, one priest went to Kg Stabut to distribute the Christmas gifts packed in two big plastic bags. After the final prayer, the children were invited to come forward in a random manner according to the different age group. Most of the present were given out to the children who were present at the mass.
Not long after, one parent came excitedly to describe the Christmas miracle. Her daughter was totally overwhelmed when she opened her present and found a RM 100 together with a bar of chocolate. This family is the poorest family living in the village and this incident came as a real surprise to them.
Christmas is a time to give and receive and the Lord gave himself freely and unconditionally to us at the feast of Christmas. This miracle continues in our present time and in a very special way this poor family has experienced the Lord’s generosity and love for them in an unexpected manner.
4 comments:
It's enlightening to hear that miracle happened near us. Hope more will happen in order to rekindle the faith of the weak and the lost.
A very nice blog. The blog can be improve by discuss on more issues that facing by our Christian community throughout Sarawak.
Universal Bidayuh,
Thank you for your compliment and suggestion. I agree with you,but for now this Blog will share the happenings in the parish only.
Please note that this Blog, started in 2006,highlights our need-the new St Ann Complex.
hopefully another miracle will take place for St. Ann parishioners so that their dreams of the new church complex will come true....Amen....
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