ROOTED IN HEAVEN

ROOTED IN HEAVEN

Dear children of God, let us be rooted in heaven to bear fruit in the world. Our lord Jesus Christ had rooted in heaven and had the Father’s mind to obey and do his will. Let each one of you look not only to his -own interest, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Dear friend, today I want to introduce a great man of God had rooted in heaven and bore fruit to the humanities in the world. The south Indians, particularly from Ramanathapuram, Virudhu nagar, and Sivagangai district peoples are very great to this man of God, Fr. Pear sherak from France. Rev.Fr. Pear Sherak was born on 1914 in France. In he joined in Jesuit Mission on 1931 and he came to India on 1937. And he had studied at Pachappan College in Chennai. He studied Tamil and Sanskrit. In 1955 he became a leader of All India federation of Catholics for 16 years.

 He proclaimed gospel among the people of all religion in Pondicherry, in cherian nagar. He did social works to pave the roads, building houses, and hospitals for the marginal and down trodden peoples. Then he came to serve to Ramanathapuram, Sivagangai and Virudhu nagar districts, where the government helps not reached.  In all these dry areas, he had dig more than 1000 wells for drinking waters for the village people. He quenched the thirst of the drought people and short of rain fall. He helped the people those were affected leprosy.  He used to say that giving respect and shaking hands are more valuable than money.

 Rev.Fr.Sherak loved India and its beautiful rivers, Mountains, and all people of Tamil Nadu.  He was very much interested in the life of youngsters, and revived them to love the country, and its people to serve them. He made a slogan, we India and we revolution. He had arranged many educational and learning programs for the youth to sportive them to serve the country and its people.  These kind of programs helped the youths and now these youth became Government employees and living in the high society and serving as a good politicians.

 1969 he established a cooperative form for the people of mana-madurai. In 1980 World Christian Council had sent Fr. Sherak as head of 12 people group of doctors to serve in Thailand. He served there for 14 years in Thailand and he served among people Africa, who were affected by the mines boom blast. He returned to India on 1994, he was 90 years old, but served among the Tsunami affect coast fishermen. In 2008, France honored him with a highest award of Legion of Honor. In his last days he served in Loyola College Chennai, teaching and worked for human rights. He died on May 30 2012, 4.30 am at age of 98 years old. His root was in the heaven and lived a wonderful life to serve humanity with all his strength, heart, mind and soul. His fruitful life wonderful to those entire he met and served.

Dear friends, let our life may be rooted in heaven and in Christ Jesus.  Jesus said that, I have chosen you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and your fruit should abide. Fr. Sherak’ finest word was “wonderful’ and he did for God and humanity was wonderful. Let us be wonderful and careful to be planted and rooted in heaven and Christ to serve the human and fear fruit for his glory. If you are wonderfully blessed and rooted, kindly share with others and send your wording to my email ID. revsjc@gmail.com, revsjc12@hotmail.com, johnchelliah857@yahoo.com.