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PENTECOST VlGIL

The Pentecost vigil was held at St Peter

Apostle Mission Parish on Saturday 23rd

May. It began with exposition of the

Blessed Sacrament after the 6pm mass.

The KNK members started from 11pm

onwards. We were led in praise and

worship by Sherwin Simangan followed by

a talk given by Lito Ramirez. After the

prayers of intercession and a short break,

Br Gregory from the Brothers of the Two

Hearts gave an inspiring talk. The music

ministry sang beautiful hymns throughout

the night and the Martha ministry provided

us snacks and tea/coffee to keep us

awake throughout the night.

The night vigil concluded with the Holy Mass at 5 am celebrated by our parish priest, Fr Pius Kodakkathanath. It was a spirit filled night and everyone felt the presence of the Holy Spirit.

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Official Newsletter of St. Peters Charismatic

Prayer Group (KNK) Vol No 5/July 2015

KNK Miscella-News

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MY PENTECOST EXPERIENCE

By Karen Fernandes

I had attended the

Pentecost Vigil last year. It

started after the 6.00pm

mass on Saturday evening

and finished on Sunday

morning with the 5.00am

mass. The KNK members

were there from 11.00pm onwards. As I

looked back I remembered that it was a

beautiful experience and being in the

presence of our awesome God for so

many hours was definitely a privilege

especially when I think about the freedom

I enjoy to worship whenever I want to.

This year when the parish announced the

Pentecost Vigil I was excited and looked

forward to attending it again. However my

excitement was short lived when I realised

that our core group members who

organised it last year were away and

hence one other member and I were the

ones who would have to take care of the

Vigil this year. At first I was afraid but I

prayed and I know that the other group

members were also praying for us. As the

time drew near, things slowly began to

take shape. I decided to contact the

Brothers of the Two Hearts to help with a

talk or sharing as would be appropriate

since these Brothers also help our parish

with the first Friday adoration. We emailed

them and we were told that they would

definitely help. However there was no

further communication after that. (i.e. who

would come, how long the session would

be etc.)

As the time drew near I was anxious and

asked one of our members who is

experienced in conducting vigils to help

me organise the program. So I wrote up a

rough program and took it over to him. We

prayed and then went through the

program, made changes as required and

then I mentioned to him that I need to have

all this ready so that I do not forget whilst I

am there and he told me that I was

depending on myself. When he said that, I

realised that although I was praying I was

not giving it to the Lord, I was still holding

on to my petition. Soon after that I realised

my foolishness and surrendered the Vigil

to our Lord. Things seemed easier as I co-

ordinated with my co-organiser. There was

only a week left and I still did not hear any

more information from the Brothers about

what was going to happen on the night.

But now as I prayed and gave it to the Lord

I said Lord if the Brothers come it will be a

bonus.

A few days before the Vigil I once again

went to our experienced member and

discussed the program and asked him to

pray with me before I left. We prayed and

the word we were given was from Acts

4:31 "When they had prayed, the place

in which they were gathered together

was shaken; and they were all filled

with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word

of God with boldness". After this I felt

much stronger and peaceful.

On the Saturday of the Vigil, I knew I had

to have a nap in the afternoon so that I

would be able to stay awake through the

night. That afternoon I prayed and slept

and I woke up at around 6.20pm. Barely

did I wake up the phone rang, it was

Br.Gregory calling to say that he was

taking his flight from Adelaide and would

be with us for part of the Pentecost Vigil. I

could not help but feel even more peaceful

seeing Gods hand at work.

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We arrived at the church at around

11.00pm. The music ministry arrived and

set up. We then began praise and worship

which was followed by a talk by Lito

Ramirez who spoke about the first

Pentecost and how the disciples and

Mother Mary were gathered together and

were praying when they experienced the

first Pentecost. These were ordinary men

who were empowered by the Holy Spirit

and became bold enough to proclaim

God's word. This was then followed by

prayers of intercession. It was now about

1.00am and we had a break for about half

an hour.

Br. Gregory arrived at

1.30am and we started with

a short praise and worship

and handed over to Brother.

He spoke to us about the

unconditional love of God

for each one of us. He

spoke to us about Adoration

and how we have lost our

desire to adore the Lord.

When we receive Holy

Communion we are

supposed to leave the

church changed people

because we have received the Lord Jesus

but if we are not willing to spend some time

with Jesus when he is within us how can

this change come about? He said that it

was like inviting a friend over. The friend

arrives at your home, you welcome him

and ask him to take a seat and then you

leave your home. Your friend is left sitting

all alone. This was something that struck

me and made me realise that just as we

work on everything else in our lives we

have to work on our relationship with God.

He also spoke to us about how it pains

God when he blesses us but we do not

stop to thank him, or to be grateful. He

reminded us that we too are ordinary

people but if we spend time with the Lord

in prayer just like at the First Pentecost we

too will be empowered with the Holy Spirit

and become bold in the Lord.

You will now notice that this is the third

time boldness is mentioned and as I

thought back I was amazed at how 3

totally different people who had no contact

with one another had delivered the same

message that when the Holy Spirit comes,

we will be filled with boldness in the Lord.

This is exactly how the Holy Spirit works

and we praise and thank God

for his faithfulness.

We had our Martha ministry

who led us with praying the

rosary and also provided a

feast for us.

We had our music ministry

which kept us awake with their

beautiful music and when it

was time for mass at 5.00am

we had about 60 people in

church which was really

encouraging to see.

We thank our parish priest Fr. Pius for

introducing this vigil in our parish. We

thank our Lord for making it possible for all

of us to be there in his presence and for

the many graces and blessings he

continues to shower on every one of us

and our KNK family. We also thank all our

intercessors who pray for us continuously.

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THIS WILL INSPIRE

By Kimberly Nelthropp

I want to share my

testimony and how it made

me grow stronger in my

faith. We got back from

India at the end of

February last year. I

started Uni in March and just after three

weeks or so we were told that there were

not enough students to fund this course.

And so they placed the course on hold,

therefore I was unable to finish my course

or enrol in a new one, due to the deadline

for enrolment date. Being at home and

having nothing to do, I decided to apply for

a few jobs to keep me busy as I was way

too bored at home. And at this point my

sister Bridget had gone to Sydney to start

her degree. Therefore I needed something

to keep myself busy or else I would have

gone crazy. I continued to apply for jobs. I

signed up to different agencies and I had

also told people to keep me in mind if any

vacancies were to come up in their work

place. I did get called for quite a few

interviews however none of them were

successful. At this point I would always

question why me? What did I ever do to

deserve this? The constant rejection got to

me.

While all my friends were studying,

working and travelling the world, I had felt

like I had achieved absolutely nothing.

After every knock back I would go into a

darker and darker place. But I tried my

best to keep a smile on my face to show

everyone that I am doing just fine.

Many agencies just to keep their client list

up would call and tell me there is a job,

would you be interested in applying and I

would say of course, but I would not hear

back from them. This went on for a few

months. As my bank balance decreased, I

would start worrying again. Then finally in

August I started uni again and in

September during the term break mums

work needed people to help them during

the exams and mum being my guardian

angel gave my name and they called me

to work for 3 weeks. I was over the moon.

Those three weeks just went by so fast I

didnt even realise.

Everyone was still trying to get me a job.

But it was never successful. It just got to a

point where I was just becoming numb with

the situation around me. Then one day I

was just on Facebook and I watched a

video which was called this will inspire.

This is when everything truly changed in

my life. Dad, mum and I watched it

together and we all definitely took

something away from it. What stayed with

me was God will never give you

something somebody else is supposed to

have. That is when I looked at my

situation in a very different perspective. I

thought to myself that every single job that

I didnt get perhaps someone needed it

more than me. After watching this video I

decided not to stress or worry and

everything will happen at the right time. He

also mentioned that you should love

yourself enough to let things go because

for God all things are possible and he will

grant your hearts desires at the right time.

People come into your life for a reason.

One day mum was talking to a guy called

Thomas from HR at her work. She wanted

to know if there was a casual bank where

people who are looking for a job can sign

up and fill in the details and if it meets the

criteria they will call you to hire you. He told

mum that their uni has nothing like that.

However, a few days later he called mum

and told her that they are hiring within his

team and if I was interested I could send

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him my resume. Immediately mum called

me and told me that she sent my resume

to him so keep my phone with me just in

case they called. A week went by and I

heard nothing. I even forgot about it, that

Tuesday I got a call when I was at uni and

I was asked to come in for an interview on

Thursday. That evening we visited one of

our prayer group intercessors; while we

were there I decided to tell them that I got

a call for an interview. So they prayed and

were given the scripture verse Jeremiah

ch. 29:11 For I know the plans I have

for you, declares the Lord, plans to

prosper you and not to harm you, plans

to give you hope and a future. I claimed

this scripture. That night when I was on the

phone to my cousin I told him that I had an

interview on Thursday.

Thursday morning when he had woken up

because of the time difference by this point

I had finished my interview. He messaged

me and told me that he prayed for me to

do well in my interview and the message

he received was Jeremiah ch: 29:11. This

made me feel good about the whole

situation. I told God I dont care if I dont

get this job because I know you have plans

in mind for me that is beyond anything I

could ever imagine. This was the first

interview where I was not nervous, scared

or stressed. I dont quite know what I said

during the interview. This was when I

started to realise that God was not done

with me, he has a plan in my life. I just

need to let go and let him take control. A

set back is a set up for God to compel you

into something way bigger and better than

you could ever imagine. Just as I finished

the interview I was told that they will get

back to me by Friday with either a yes or a

no. Friday came and went but I got no call

or email. And I wasnt worried either for

some reason. Finally on Tuesday I got a

call and they offered me the job. I could not

thank God enough. I immediately told God

that you gave me this job therefore I know

you will make everything fall into place.

True enough He made it all so easy and

stress free for me. I was able to transfer

my degree online and I started work on the

6th of July. And after just a few weeks I got

another call for an interview and I actually

got to choose which job I wanted to keep.

I encourage every single one of you to let

God do things in his own time because

Gods test will be your testimony. By God

testing me, today I am able to testify how

much my faith has increased. And

whatever I have gone through has helped

me realise the awesome power of God,

and I now know that I will always grow and

flourish through the good and the bad

times. I would like to thank everyone who

went through this journey with me,

especially God.

I would like to conclude with a verse from

the Bible. Philippians 4: 6-7 Dont

worry about anything, instead pray

about everything, tell God your needs

and dont forget to thank him for his

answers. If you do this you will

experience Gods peace, which is far

more wonderful than the human mind

can understand. His peace will keep

your thoughts and your hearts quiet

and at rest as you trust in Christ

Jesus.

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I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS

By Beverly de Silva

For many years it had been

my mums desire to visit

the shrine of Our Lady of

Lourdes in France. She

would often tell me I wish

we can go to Lourdes and I would begin

to think about it, but then put it out of my

mind as I knew there were other things to

consider and organise, if I decided to

accompany her on the trip. And yet, I

wanted to fulfil, as soon as possible, her

greatest desire. So about November 2013,

I began looking up different tours to

Lourdes, but found that travel to Lourdes

from Melbourne was too expensive. I

came to the conclusion that the best option

was to go to Sri Lanka and join a

pilgrimage tour to Lourdes from there. I

thereafter proceeded to make enquiries

and found a tour company there that was

not only reasonable, but one that would

also meet all our needs and requirements

during the pilgrimage. In addition to this,

the plan of travelling to Sri Lanka also

afforded us the opportunity of being able

to see my mums sister and other distant

relatives and friends, which meant we

would be hitting two birds with one stone.

My mum and I decided that we would go

ahead with this plan and so began making

arrangements. Our travel date to Sri Lanka

was finally set for Friday, 28th March 2014,

just three days after the Feast of the

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Our scheduled date of travel for our

Lourdes pilgrimage was 12th April.

Whilst in the process of making

arrangements to go on this journey, it

happened that my brother-in-law (my

sisters husband) was also contemplating

going to Sri Lanka (from Melbourne) to

attend his first ever School reunion to be

held on 11th April. He intended attending

the reunion with my sister so he decided to

take her along and their youngest child as

well. At the time I thought it was really

coincidental that he should have to go to

Sri Lanka with my sister at the same time

as us to attend his reunion, which was

being hosted just the day before we left to

Lourdes. It was for this reason that my

sister considered joining us on the

pilgrimage. Being privileged to go together

on this pilgrimage was, in my eyes, no

coincidence.

After spending two weeks in Sri Lanka, my

mum, my sister and I, along with a good

friend and her mother (who were from

Melbourne), began our pilgrimage...

We arrived in Milan, Italy on the morning

of 13th April and proceeded by coach to the

Shrine of Rosa Mystica in Montichiari.

This is where our lady appeared to Pierina

Gilli a nurse by profession, in a room of

the hospital she worked in. Thereafter our

tour took us through many other wonderful

churches and shrines of various saints and

other places of interest, until we eventually

took a flight from Rome to Lourdes on the

morning of 16th April.

We arrived in Lourdes on the evening of

Wednesday, 16th April (Holy Week). No

sooner had we booked into our hotel

Basilique and left our bags in our rooms,

we made our way quickly across the street

to the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. It was

so great to know that it was just a very

short walk from our hotel to the Church

and grotto. The grotto, the church, the

open air and the aura of the place was

awesome! To me, it was certainly another

world. There was definitely something

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special, or rather miraculous, about this

place!

As I stood in front of the grotto of Our Lady,

it suddenly dawned on me that it was a

Wednesday evening and that we were

here at Our Ladys grotto on the very day

(and time) we (my mum, my sister and I)

sing at the weekly Novena to Our Lady of

Perpetual Help, at our parish church of St.

Peter Apostle in Hoppers Crossing. This

was a confirmation that it was she (Our

Lady) who had made it possible for us to

be here together and that she was with us.

Early next morning (17th April), which was

Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), we

went to the Baths to be immersed in the

miraculous water of Lourdes. As soon as

we joined the winding queue, we heard the

familiar chorus Ave, Ave, Ave Maria... of

the hymn All Hail to You Mary, being

continuously sung loudly by a man in

another language (Italian, I think). On

hearing this hymn my heart leapt for joy as

I simultaneously glanced at my sister,

who, at that very moment, also looked

across at me. We were obviously

processing the same thought that it was

no coincidence that we were all here

together at the same time! It was indeed a

spiritual revelation and a miracle! And to

me it was a re-confirmation of Our Ladys

faithfulness and love for us, as we would

sing this hymn every Wednesday at the

beginning of the Novena, and had been

doing so for more than five years. I was

truly touched by the thought that Our

Blessed Lady was with us.

While at Lourdes, we attended the Holy

Thursday and Good Friday services,

including the Stations of the Cross, and

partook of the Easter vigil service and the

Ceremony of Lights held on Holy

Saturday night, which was indeed

wonderful.

At 2.00 a.m. on Easter Sunday (20th April),

we left Lourdes and commenced our

journey by coach to St. Gildards Convent

at Nevers (France), almost 705km away,

to see the incorrupt body of St. Bernadette.

This was another miraculous and

wonderful sight that can never be

forgotten, for it was Our Ladys apparitions

to her (Bernadette) at Lourdes that was the

very reason for Lourdes and our

pilgrimage there!

We all returned to Sri Lanka on the 22nd

April after our pilgrimage. My friend and

her mum travelled back to Melbourne a

day or two after we returned; my sister

remained in Sri Lanka for another week or

so; and my mum and I remained there until

8th May, with a five-day stopover in

Malaysia, landing back in Melbourne on

13th May.

Anyway, while my mum, my sister and I

had that time together in Sri Lanka, after

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our pilgrimage, we went out one day to

attend to some matters. After we had

finished our work, my mum expressed to

us that she would love to visit her favourite

Fatima Church in Colombo, which

happened to also be in the same vicinity

that we were in at that moment. So we

called a trishaw (a type of three-wheel

taxi) and asked the driver to take us to that

church. It was about 5.30 p.m., but rather

dark and gloomy, and raining cats and

dogs. We got quite wet getting into the

trishaw, yet proceeded to Fatima Church.

After a little while, the driver brought us to

our destination and we got out and almost

ran into the church as it was still pouring.

To our surprise, we found that we had just

made it in time to see the near end of a

wedding service. So we sat in the back

pew, still dripping wet, and waited until the

service was over. After a few minutes we

heard the final hymn Ave Maria being

sung, and I was awestruck! Once again,

this was no coincidence Our Lady was

reminding us that she was there with us.

After sitting comfortably in church for a

little while, a surprise or shock ensued

when my mum remarked This is not

Fatima Church! What... I thought, as I

looked around and I too realised that it was

not. What was this church? I wondered, as

I looked around at all the life-size statues

of various saints on either side, lining the

main body of the Church. As if in answer

to my question, my mum said, This is All

Saints Church. I might have been to this

church about once or twice when I was

quite young so I couldnt remember what it

looked like, but I knew the name. Anyway,

at that moment I had a revelation On our

pilgrimage we had visited the shrines and

churches of many saints, and here now

were most of those very saints statues

lining these walls! Was this very odd, or

amazing? There was something very

strange happening here, but this was not

all... there was an even greater surprise to

come!

After a while of sitting down in church, we

walked towards the front left- side part of

the church. There were many doors exiting

the church along the left-side corridor and

as we reached the end we looked out of

the door from where we stood and could

not believe our eyes... There in the

garden was a replica of the black-rock

grotto with the statue of Our Lady of

Lourdes, and the statue of Bernadette

kneeling before her! My heart leapt with

joy as I once again realised the persistent

and reassuring message Our Lady was

trying to convey to me/us... that she was

always with us!

On the afternoon of Thursday, 8th May, my

mum and I left Sri Lanka and reached

Malaysia in the night. My cousin and her

husband picked us up from the airport and

took us to their home, where we would be

staying with them for the next five days,

before returning to Melbourne. On

Saturday evening we attended the sunset

Mass at their local church The Church

of the Visitation, which again, related to

Our Lady. We went to the church about 20

minutes earlier as my cousin and her

family wanted to attend the Novena before

the Mass, and what do you think...? It was

the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual

Help!

My mum and I returned to Melbourne on

Tuesday, 13th May, which happened to be

one of Our Ladys feast days the Feast

of Our Lady of Fatima. It was on this day

in 1917 that Our Lady appeared to the

three shepherd children Jacinta,

Francisco and Lucia in Fatima, Portugal.

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Here again, I thought, was another

indication or reminder of Our Blessed

Mothers presence with us. She had been

with us from the beginning of the

pilgrimage until now!

From all the above happenings and

coincidences, I can truly say that it was

Our Lady who made it possible for us

to go on our pilgrimage and that she

accompanied and protected us all

along the way with her constant

assurance, I am with you always.

Thank you Mother Mary for granting us

this amazing opportunity and being

with us all along the way!!

Testimonies received Testimony of Barbara Miller

On the evening of Tuesday the 28th of

April, our brothers and sisters of St Peters

KNK Group joined our Elshaddai Prayer

Group in the Chapel at St Andrews

Church, Werribee.

In the past few weeks I have been

unsettled and confused as to making

some decisions on selling our house, as

my husband and I did not share the same

thoughts. I would have liked to move into

a smaller home, sadly he doesnt wish to

move. During our time of prayer, prophetic

words and messages were shared. The

message received from our Lord Jesus

was that I am very confused and unsettled

in regards to a real estate matter and to let

it be. I was overwhelmed at the time and

now I am at peace with myself and I thank

the Lord Jesus for his message and being

with me always. Thank You Lord! Praise

You Lord!

Testimony of Sheila Goodman

I just wanted to tell you how I was healed

when our sister group St Peters KNK came

on the 28th of April to our Elshaddai prayer

group at St Andrews, Werribee.

At the end of a beautiful praise and

worship led by Dominic from our sister

group, he mentioned that Jesus was here

healing us. I didn't once think I would be

included in this healing, however he said

Jesus is healing someone with a shoulder

problem and was in a lot of pain that they

couldn't sometime even lift their arm, I

straight away thought it was my friend who

I'd come with as she has the same

problem. Then on the way home I realized

my right shoulder had stopped paining me,

the next day the same, no pain. I kept

saying Jesus, thank you Lord for my

healing and to this day some 3 weeks

later, still no pain as I was in. I couldn't

even sleep on it and now I can. So every

day I say thank you Lord for your blessings

and healing and thank you Dominic for

passing on the message. God bless you

all.

Testimony of Seetha.

On the 28th of April, 2015 we at the El-

Shaddai Prayer Group of St. Andrew's

Werribee, were having Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament to start our course

theme "AN ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS

THROUGH THE JOY OF THE GOSPEL"

from the book by POPE FRANCIS.

On the night of the 28th of April I came to

the Prayer Meeting with a lot of pain on my

right arm, (been operated in August 2014),

While we were praising God, I tried to lift

my arm in so much pain, I lifted it up and

Dominic in a Prophetic Word announced

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the Lord is healing someone's arm and I

felt straight away it was me. I felt so much

joy within myself, that to my surprise a

happiness that I cannot describe was

going through me and I exclaimed in a loud

voice "IT IS ME THAT THE LORD HAS

HEALED", and then all the pain

disappeared, it is now more than one

month and still no pain. Praise the Lord.

How thankful I am to the Lord, I have no

words to thank Him. I am very grateful to

the Lord for healing me, and giving me so

many other blessings, brothers and sisters

that help me to be a member of their

family, because I am an Asylum Seeker in

Australia, and found so much love and

support in every way from them. I want to

thank and praise my God for all these

wonderful brothers and sisters in Christ.

May His Name be praised forever.

Love and Prayers, Seetha.

Testimony of Jacquie Quinless

I want to give praise and thanks to our

Dear Lord and his Mother for his hand of

protection over me and my family and

showering his blessings on us.

The precious Blood of Our Lord was on our

family, while we were on our holiday in

India in January 2015. My daughter, son-

in-law and our friend, met with a bad

accident in Agra due to the heavy fog and

-2 0C icy cold weather conditions, it was a

bad accident, the taxi that they were

travelling in was hit from the front and back

and my son-in-law had to wrench the

doors apart to free them. Inspite of the

crash the three of them were unhurt and

returned home safely. Thank you Jesus for

protecting my family. Praise you Lord!

THE DIFFERENCE - Author Unknown Contributed by Jean Ephraums I got up early one morning and rushed right into the day; I had so much to accomplish that I didnt have time to pray. Problems just tumbled about me, and heavier came each task, Why doesnt God help me? I wondered. He answered, you didnt ask. I wanted to see joy and beauty, but the day toiled on, grey and bleak; I wondered why God didnt show me. He said, But you didnt seek. I tried to come into Gods presence; I used all my keys at the lock. God gently and lovingly chided, My child, you didnt knock. I woke up early this morning, And paused before entering the day; I had so much to accomplish, that I had to take time to pray.

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