Farewell || Very Powerful Speech || Fr Michael Payyapilly || Catholic Church Devotion

okay [Applause] i'm sorry i'm keeping you but you just have to bear with me uh this last bit well joe joe said that he gave a farewell to father shadbolt he gave a welcome to me now he's giving a favor to me and he's giving a welcome to father john prince everyone comes everyone goes joe just remains as i leave holy family i generally don't write a speech this is the first time i've written a speech so as i leave holy family i have mixed emotions i'm very excited about going to a new mission at the same time i will surely miss this amazing parish when i was appointed here many asked why i came here i've always been in retreat centers preaching then why a parish i came because it was holy family duftin my first place of ministry overseas we dream of that as seminarians our first mission it wasn't hard at all to love you i was already in love with you you might have seen my time here as just three years but i see it as a ministry that started in 2008 when i came here for the retreats for the very first time in the same parish so for me it is 14 years since i've been here for me it was a deeper connection that one than what many might understand i want to acknowledge and bless the leadership team that stood by me a lot i always felt supported by them bless you for welcoming me i'm grateful to the finance advisory team though the pandemic took away a chunk of our possibilities to meet i will always remember with gratitude i remember with gratitude the different groups and their leaders and their members the women's group vinnies the prayer group the youth group the choirs the spanish community those helping in the piety stall our electrician our handymen all of them supporting me selflessly during this time i'd like to acknowledge the online parishioners a lot of them who are we have according to our analytics people watching from over 50 countries in to the holy family tuning into the holy family parishes online ministry here those who have been online we you encouraged us over the two years with your loving comments gentle corrections and so many of you have been financially supporting the parish through the pandemic and you have prayed so much for for us bless your heart i want to also acknowledge those who have selflessly done these online services they've come here for for months and months for two years or so every day to come and make the online um online ministry possible by coming and helping in the streaming and setting the whole streaming up bless your heart it was a blessing to minister along with the lectures and extraordinary ministers your commitment to go out of the way to do ministry selflessly even when it was difficult for you is really really special the choirs at holy family and andrew and and everyone else are such a pleasure to listen to it takes a lot of commitment to go on like this week after week at the same time wait patiently for a chance during the lockdowns you're truly special from all over the world they message me speaking about the beautiful flower arrangements and how well our altar is set so much of time and sacrifice to create something beautiful from god it is the sacrifice of others it's not mine the altar servers are the pride of the holy family parish such amazing young men showing so much of passion to serve the lord at the altar i'm so so proud of you and bless all those who train them so wonderfully when i took over dany the parish manager told me that he would be retiring in a few months after i've got a hang of things well i think he still believes that i do not have the hang of things because he stayed on the whole time bless you danny for accepting me and making me your own i felt most loved by you i knew you had my back the secretaries um mourinho official secretary and lynette are our volunteer secretary the first thing i did when i came here was to throw maureen out of the office or throw maureen out of my house because we had the office in the house and i thought that wasn't a very safe thing to do so i i moved the office out of the house and we we made the new office but i've always felt safe with them i'm so grateful to the secretaries who made me feel so safe i'm ever so grateful when day and night you attended you ended up having to take calls on my behalf and they have had to bear the brunt of a few desperate callers so that i might be able to do what i need to do here in the parish bless those who have looked after the gardens many of you know that i'm a terrible gardener so i haven't actually touched the gardens at all alina has even in pain she's come here and she's did it and bless her heart those who fed me you all know that i am a terrible cook and i'm so so grateful for you having put food on my table i hope to learn when i was here but they did not allow me even during the lockdown calling themselves as carers they actually came here sneaked in and left food at my door and went off may food never run out of your tables in your homes or your children's homes or your children's children's homes i will never forget the meals you brought me and fed me for three years you have a wonderful person in father john prince as your not yet parish priest parish priest elect i'm still the parish priest well he hasn't got his appointment letters yet as parish priests so he's prince charming that gentle smile and loving nature he's actually known for that i'm sure he will be a blessing to you as much as you will be a blessing to him father prince they are your family and you will see them care for you like their own you will love this community and they will love you there's no doubt about that these three years weren't always a bliss there were obviously days of pain and loneliness especially when my own and those i've known for years maybe rejected or doubted but they were god sent learning curves for me and i'm very grateful for those experiences thank you for the times you have shout so much of love thank you for every smile it meant the world to me it made me believe that i'm accepted and to me that was really really important i've been far from perfect during these three years you had a novice as a parish priest and i know i've made many blunders and could have done so many things better i can't rectify what i've done but one thing i promise you that i gave it my all it might not have been good enough at times and i'm sorry about that if i've scandalized you in any way please forgive me and pray for me if anyone has left this parish and gone to another because of my decisions or my actions i humbly say sorry if i have hurt anyone in the past three years knowingly or unknowingly i ask pardon if i've been the cause of tears i'm extremely sorry if i was insensitive and said even a word that hurt you please forgive me but i genuinely genuinely loved you when i came here someone told me that i have some really big shoes to fill a reference to that of the legendary father michael chatbot i remember responding that i can't do that and i will choose to wear my own shoes i believe everyone is different and no one can fill another person's shoes father prince get your own shoes and wear it wherever i've been it was and it was time to move on i would tell them don't tell me or complain to me about the next priest i would have hoped that you didn't do it to me when i was here and rather saw me as your own brother and your own son and forgave my feelings i hope you will see your next priest as your son and your brother and forgive him and love him as i hope you did me i believe i came here for a purpose to get this parish through this tough pandemic the pandemic seems to be a bit more controllable than it was before and so now it's time to go i start a new mission and i beg of you prayers for me most welcome to colombo to the divine retreat center and uh my online streamings will definitely continue on the divine retreat center colombo's youtube channel as well um but bless you you will always be very dear to my heart i never expected to be a parish priest father prince will know i'm 100 sure they will never again send me to be a parish priest in a parish again my congregation will not allow that they'll want me in the retreat centers i'm definite about it so this will be my only time as parish priests you're my only parishioners and i'm so very proud that i have an exclusive group of parishioners god bless you all pray for me as well [Applause] you

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Length: 10min 18sec (618 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 28 2022