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Office for the Dead - Cheriya Opppisu
In the motherland of the Syro Malabar Catholic Church in Kerala, typically most Syro Malabar Catholic faithful do not need any written text to pray the Cheriya Opppisu, Office for the Dead. This is because there is great familiarity with the prayers and songs of the Office for the Dead especially in Malayalam. The parish usually has a cemetery somewhere on the premise. It is then easy for the Syro Malabar faithful to walk with the priest to the cemetery and have the Office for the Dead prayed at the grave of their loved ones after the Holy Qurbana. In the places where the Syro Malabar faithful have migrated especially in the St. Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago, the cemetery is not nearby the parish. If the intention of the Holy Qurbana is a memorial one, the priest will usually pray the Office for the Dead at the Church itself.
Although the situation is different in the locations of the Syro Malabar migrant dioceses, there should be a continued practice of the Catholic faith especially in praying for the dead. It is a goal that by preserving some of the original tunes, there can be more familiarity with the Office for the Dead in the English language.
Please find the PDF of the Office for Dead in English printed within the St. Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago:
mcusercontent.com/256f4de19a5dd1d08db0a0fdf/files/0ac3880e-0ee3-e68c-6f4c-6ffe8e733763/Office_for_the_Dead.pdf
The Office for the Dead that is being prayed in this video is for the repose of John and Annakutty Kunthara at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston, Texas. A special thanks to the Kunthara family (Hendry, Cindu, Maryn, Treasa, and Abraham) for allowing this Office for the Dead to be filmed. This audio of this Office for the Dead in English puts forward the voices of Kavitha Joseph, Christy Thomas, Alex Sabu, Geo Roncy, Daniel Chakkramakkil and Fr. Rajeev Valiyaveettil. The instrumental composition is done by Hector Lewis. A special thanks to Dann Lewis of LoudScience for filming and editing this video.
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  • @rivinius1
    @rivinius1 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Hello. Thank you for this. Please pray for us as we pray for you. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @josephjacob3274
    @josephjacob3274 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There should be no instruments. Especially at a cemetary.

  • @mariannejohnson4846
    @mariannejohnson4846 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    45:55 Very important point

  • @josipakopic3314
    @josipakopic3314 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    beautiful podcast ❤️

  • @lushn
    @lushn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for recording this. I pray more people find it.

  • @ashishjose
    @ashishjose 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Praise the Lord✨

  • @neenutomi316
    @neenutomi316 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    From the book " To Save a Thousand of Souls " by fr Brett Brannen Our Primary Vocation is Holiness Happiness is doing the will of God. Interestingly, that could also be the definition of holiness. The primary and universal vocation of every person in the world is to be holy-to become like Jesus Christ. Christ-likeness is the only success recognized by God. Or, as St. Bonaventure said: “If you learn everything except Christ, you learn nothing. If you learn nothing except Christ, you learn everything.”11 Interestingly, the people who take holiness seriously are also the people who experience the most happiness here in this life. Why? Because our holiness is preparing us for the supreme happiness of heaven, the true destiny for which we were made, not some glimmer of happiness which we might experience here. Holiness directly leads to fulfillment and human flourishing, and the entire concept of vocation encompasses both. The first vocation of every baptized person is to become a saint. While that may seem daunting, the good news is that this vocation does not require any discernment. The Church and Sacred Scripture both tell us clearly and definitively that holiness is everyone’s primary vocation. The Church on earth is endowed already with a sanctity that is real though imperfect. In her members, perfect holiness is something yet to be acquired. Strengthened by so many and such great means of salvation, all the faithful, whatever their condition or state-though each in his own way-are called by the Lord to that perfection of sanctity by which the Father himself is perfect. CCC #825 Discerning and accepting one’s vocation is like building a pyramid. It must be constructed from the bottom up. A man will not be able to know and accept his secondary or particular vocation-marriage or priesthood, for example-until he has been seriously striving towards his primary vocation of holiness. Some have tried to do it in reverse, and almost always have failed.

  • @neenutomi316
    @neenutomi316 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fr Brett Brannen # The Vocational Pre-Determination by God When I was a vocation director, I would visit the Catholic schools in my diocese to teach the children about vocations. I explained to them that before God had even created the world, he knew them and he loved them. He already knew your name, he knew every thought you would ever think, he knew how many hairs were on your head, he knew your sins, he knew your good deeds, and he even saw the moment of your death and your entrance into heaven. And God had already decided your vocation before he had even made the world! Or at least, he had already planned to which vocation you would be called. When it finally became time for you to be born, God created your soul to go inside your tiny body, and it was created specifically for that pre-determined vocation. I call this concept the vocational pre-determination by God, or vocational pre-destination. If God is calling you to marriage, then he prepared your soul and gave you the gifts of body and soul to live out the vocation of marriage. If God is calling you to priesthood, then your soul and body were made with that vocation in mind. This will be an important hint for you as you discern. Look at the gifts God has given to you and where those gifts are best used to build up the Kingdom.

  • @neenutomi316
    @neenutomi316 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    St. Augustine says, love is our gravity, love is what moves us, what motivates us to move: our love of the end that we move toward. For instance, if we see an ugly dog and a beautiful dog, we move away from the ugly dog, and we move toward the beautiful dog to pet it. Augustine defines evil as disordered love, and good as rightly ordered love: loving God with the love of adoration, our neighbors with charity, and the things of the world with moderation, to use them but not give our whole hearts to them. We are to use things and love persons, not use persons and love things. We are to adore God and use creatures, not adore creatures and try to use God. That's rightly ordered love

  • @neenutomi316
    @neenutomi316 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fr Brett Brannen ( To Save a Thousand of Souls ) The purpose of celibacy is to learn to love the way the saints love in heaven. Celibacy is about intimacy with Jesus, the only one who can fill the void that is within us all.

  • @jrinjos
    @jrinjos ปีที่แล้ว

    😇😇😇

  • @emprayil
    @emprayil ปีที่แล้ว

    😢

  • @fivewounds2935
    @fivewounds2935 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amén

  • @josephkallarackal9528
    @josephkallarackal9528 ปีที่แล้ว

    യോഹ , 13:34-35 വീണ്ടും അനാദരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു . 99% കത്തോലിക്കരും ash wednesday ഐക്യത്തോടെ ആചരിക്കുന്നു . അത് monday യിലേക്ക് മാറ്റി . നിസ്സാര കാര്യങ്ങളിൽ പോലും വിഘടന വാദം കൊണ്ടുവന്നു അനൈക്കം ഉണ്ടാക്കി യേശുവിനെ അനാദരിക്കുന്നു .

    • @petarbabic7253
      @petarbabic7253 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Second Vatican Council allowed Eastern Rites to return to their traditional practices which included going back to Ash Monday instead of Wednesday

    • @JustinThomas-fe8tb
      @JustinThomas-fe8tb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      സഹോദരാ, ചങ്ങനാശേരിക്കാർക്ക് ജീവനുള്ളിടത്തോളം കാലം വരെയും എന്തായാലും ബുധനാഴ്ചത്തേക്ക് മാറ്റാൻ ഞങ്ങൾ സമ്മതിക്കില്ല. അതുകൊണ്ട് സഹോദരൻ ഉള്ളതുകൊണ്ട് തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുക 😊

  • @marydominics8448
    @marydominics8448 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏

  • @benhur007
    @benhur007 ปีที่แล้ว

    Woow... Heavenly feelings. Far better than malayalam ❤️ greetings to fr Rajeev and team

  • @bijumathew1733
    @bijumathew1733 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this explanation

  • @malpancmi2279
    @malpancmi2279 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thats what we call the shepherd's response.👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Great initiative!

  • @malpancmi2279
    @malpancmi2279 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect!😍

  • @lourdesshrinepallikunnu2285
    @lourdesshrinepallikunnu2285 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ash Monday?????

    • @JustinThomas-fe8tb
      @JustinThomas-fe8tb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, ash wednesday only for latinos, Syrians have ash Monday 💪💪

  • @regimthomas
    @regimthomas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very necessary for our next generation out of Kerala

  • @jancygeorge3595
    @jancygeorge3595 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Rajeev Acha for this beautiful video! Glory to You Lord of life and death 🙏

  • @jollyvarughese1935
    @jollyvarughese1935 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite prayer! May God bless you!

  • @tonyktom7549
    @tonyktom7549 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Father

  • @jijoyjk
    @jijoyjk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful....Could have maintained Yakob instead of Jacob.

  • @fivewounds2935
    @fivewounds2935 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank YOU! God. amEN

  • @jamesjoseph4957
    @jamesjoseph4957 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congratulations

  • @jollyvarughese1935
    @jollyvarughese1935 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏

  • @sheebagipson4116
    @sheebagipson4116 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very touching. New generation Priest Fr Rajeeve. We admire and our love always there. Gipson & sheeba Purayampallils

  • @mathewpanamthanam6847
    @mathewpanamthanam6847 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rajeevacha you are digging into the rich treasures of our old Syriac traditions. Well done. Keep going and contribute more to our Qurbana. Can give the lyrics of the song.

  • @fivewounds2935
    @fivewounds2935 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amen Amen

  • @jinodm4207
    @jinodm4207 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really Beautiful acha

  • @soumya89et
    @soumya89et 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rajeev acha, Heart touching and beautifully sung🙏

  • @treesabinoy1043
    @treesabinoy1043 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏

  • @sebastiankalarickal5019
    @sebastiankalarickal5019 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Achan very heart touching.

  • @lintasinoy6549
    @lintasinoy6549 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏🏻

  • @anishettackan
    @anishettackan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good one 🙏

  • @bibinmathew2632
    @bibinmathew2632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rajeev acha very good

  • @cicilyjoseph9720
    @cicilyjoseph9720 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Receive O Lord , our sacrifices and prayers for our loved ones 🙏🏼 Thank you Rajeev Acha 🙏🏼

  • @naveenplackalil690
    @naveenplackalil690 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heart touching

  • @jacksoncastelino04
    @jacksoncastelino04 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ave Christus Rex

  • @ヘザー-b4o
    @ヘザー-b4o 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aww okay

  • @Melvin_Thoma
    @Melvin_Thoma 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Acha

  • @treesabinoy1043
    @treesabinoy1043 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏

  • @lijojoseph9516
    @lijojoseph9516 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good

  • @tomsentertainments7903
    @tomsentertainments7903 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @eddesa5134
    @eddesa5134 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How is that bread different to a very large idli? Would condensed milk be similar in taste to the paal?

  • @asishthankachan1315
    @asishthankachan1315 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't know this existed

  • @treesabinoy1043
    @treesabinoy1043 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏

  • @albertbenny431
    @albertbenny431 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, that was inspiring