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Believe me or not, for many years or till I was about 20, I thought the above life-size Image we see on the Main Altar is of St. Francis Xavier (SFX). The Sacred body of SFX in a silver casket lies in this church so the Saint on the Main Altar got to be SFX... I believed so did many others.
“What profits a man,” Ignatius asked Francis, “if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?”
'aplo atmo pirdar korun, koslo faido akho Sounsar jikon ?'
That was the turning point of Francis life who then joined Fr. Ignatius and was ordained in 1537.
St. Ignatius Loyola founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) was born on 24th Dec. 1491,
15 years before SFX and died 31st July 1556 at 65, 4 years after SFX died at 46 (3.12.1552)
The feast celebrated at Bom Jesus Basilica on 31st July 2013 and the feast Mass was at 6pm
Archbishop Filipe
Neri Ferrão was the Main Celebrant and there were about 50 co-celebrants
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9414038400/in/photostream/
Mass
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9411281905/in/photostream/
Main Altar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9414035984/in/photostream/
The Basilica of Bom Jesus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9411260621/in/photostream/
Priests out of the sacristy (about 50 priests concelebrated mass)
Main Celebrant Bishop Filip Nerihttp://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9413899393/in/photostream
The Church
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9416674530/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9416678582/in/photostream/
St. Francis Xavier in a Silver Casket
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9413885039/in/photostream/
close-up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9413879743/in/photostream
Garden canna flower, lawn etc
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9416617014/in/photostream/
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xj9UtBD_z0
St. Francis Xavier in a Silver Casket
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9413885039/in/photostream/
the Basilica of Bom Jesus
Garden canna flower, lawn etc
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9416617014/in/photostream/
Video
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