🎉 111. rođendan o. Ante Gabrića u misiji Gospa Fatimska - Nawanatau

Danas smo sa zahvalnim i radosnim srcima proslavili 111. rođendan Ante Gabrić, isusovca i misionara u Bengaliji, gdje je darovao cijeli svoj život Bogu i najsiromašnijima.

Njegov život ostaje snažno nadahnuće nama mladim misionarima. U njegovim toplim i jednostavnim svjedočanstvima iz sundarbanskih džungli hranili smo svoja krhka, ali iskrena misionarska zvanja — noseći u srcu tihu želju poći i mi tamo gdje palme rastu, u našu Maria Poli, radosno svjedočeći Krista malenima.

Radosno, ali i duboko molitveno bilo je danas, na Drugu nedjelju korizme u našoj misiji Nawanatau, kada smo s našim mladima i djecom u centru Carlo Acutis posvjedočili njegov život i njegovo djelo.

U euharistijskoj radosti djeca i mladi zahvaljivali su Bogu na daru njegova života te molili za njegovo skoro proglašenje blaženim. Njihova molitva bila je jednostavna, ali dirljivo snažna — jer djeca uvijek mole srcem. Ona znaju iskreno zahvaliti za svaku pomoć i svaki dar; njihova zahvalnost danas nas je sve duboko dotaknula.

Posebno smo zahvalni za djelovanje Zaklade otac Ante Gabrić, koja nam preko „rižine banke“ pomaže nahraniti mnoge koji često nemaju ništa osim nade.

Samo u protekloj godini:

 •  podijelili smo više od 500 obroka dnevno

 •  pomogli 100 siromašnih obitelji da prežive teške trenutke

I dok smo gledali djecu kako jedu, smiju se i mole — postalo je jasno: o. Ante i dalje živi.

Živi u svakom tanjuru riže, u svakom dječjem osmijehu i u svakoj pruženoj ruci.

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Molitva za proglašenje blaženim o. Ante Gabrića

Gospodine Isuse Kriste,

Ti si svome sluzi o. Anti Gabriću udijelio milost da Te prepozna u siromašnima

i da Ti služi radosna srca među najzaboravljenijima.

Zapalio si u njemu oganj ljubavi

da riječju i djelom svima naviješta Tvoju dobrotu,

tješeći napuštene i podižući klonule.

Daj i nama srce poput njegova — jednostavno, ponizno i puno povjerenja.

Nauči nas ljubiti bez računice i darivati bez straha.

Ako je Tvoja sveta volja, proslavi svoga slugu

i podaj nam po njegovu zagovoru milost za koju Te molimo,

da ga Crkva uskoro pribroji blaženima

na veću slavu Tvoga Imena i na utjehu Tvome narodu.

Amen.

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 Oče Ante, hvala ti što nas i danas učiš kako ljubiti — tiho, vjerno i do kraja. Zagovaraj nas da budemo radosni i hrabri misionari Kristove ljubavi!

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Today, with grateful and deeply moved hearts, we celebrated the 111th birthday of Ante Gabrić, a Jesuit and missionary in Bengal who offered his entire life to God and to the poorest.

His life remains a powerful inspiration for us young missionaries. In his warm and simple testimonies from the Sundarbans jungles we nourished our fragile yet sincere missionary vocations — carrying in our hearts the quiet desire to go where the palms grow, to our Maria Poli, joyfully witnessing Christ to the little ones.

Joyful, yet deeply prayerful, was this Second Sunday of Lent as we, together with our youth and children in the Carlo Acutis center, shared his life and mission.

In Eucharistic joy the children and young people thanked God for the gift of his life and prayed for his soon beatification. Their prayer was simple yet profoundly powerful — because children always pray with the heart. They know how to give sincere thanks for every help and every gift; today their gratitude touched us all deeply.

We are especially grateful for the work of the Father Ante Gabrić Foundation which, through the “rice bank”, helps us feed so many who often have nothing but hope.

Only in the past year:

 •  we distributed more than 500 meals daily

 •  we helped 100 poor families survive difficult moments

And as we watched the children eat, smile and pray — it became clear: Fr. Ante still lives.

He lives in every plate of rice, in every child’s smile, and in every outstretched hand.

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Prayer for the Beatification of Fr. Ante Gabrić

Lord Jesus Christ,

You granted Your servant Fr. Ante Gabrić the grace to recognize You in the poor

and to serve You with a joyful heart among the most forgotten.

You ignited in him the fire of love

so that by word and deed he proclaimed Your goodness to all,

comforting the abandoned and lifting the weary.

Give us hearts like his — simple, humble and full of trust.

Teach us to love without counting and to give without fear.

If it is Your holy will, glorify Your servant

and grant us, through his intercession, the grace we ask for,

that the Church may soon proclaim him Blessed

for the greater glory of Your Name and the consolation of Your people.

Amen.

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Fr. Ante, thank you for teaching us even today how to love — quietly, faithfully and to the end. Intercede for us that we may be joyful and courageous missionaries of Christ’s love!