{"id":12267,"date":"2021-05-10T16:43:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T20:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?p=12267"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T20:47:38","slug":"prayers-for-mar-barnabas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/prayers-for-mar-barnabas\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers for Mar Barnabas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Readers of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/magazine\/physical-distance-social-nearness\/\">CNEWA\u2019s ONE magazine<\/a>&nbsp;and its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/cnewa-rushes-aid-to-those-most-impacted-by-covid-19\/\">blog<\/a>&nbsp;may be familiar with the story of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/mar-barnabas-man-on-a-mission-54420\/\">Jacob Mar Barnabas, O.I.C<\/a>. He is the bishop responsible for the ministries of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church scattered throughout the north of India and based in the capital city of New Delhi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the dangers of COVID-19, Mar Barnabas has led his flock in reaching out to the most vulnerable since the pandemic began there, providing meals, personal protective equipment and hygiene kits to jobless and penniless families crushed by the effects of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBishopji,\u201d said the first families who sought his help, \u201cwhere shall we go? We don\u2019t have any other place to go. Please help us.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNEWA has been a major provider of support for the work of Mar Barnabas and the social service societies of the Syro-Malankara Church throughout Delhi and 13 other states under his care. And for his work among the poorest of the poor, Mar Barnabas was nominated for a respected national award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Mar Barnabas lies in a Catholic hospital in Delhi in critical condition. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 three weeks ago.<br><br>\u201cOn 16 April he was admitted to Holy Family Hospital [in] New Delhi with symptoms of fever and weakness,\u201d wrote Father John Felix, O.I.C., in a letter to CNEWA on 8 May. Father John administers the social service work of the Eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon-Delhi, which Mar Barnabas shepherds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One week later, the bishop was diagnosed with COVID-19 and put on medication. As his oxygen saturation levels declined, his condition deteriorated further, and he was moved to the intensive care unit. On Friday, 7 May, he received \u201cventilator support\u201d and his condition is described as critical.<br><br>\u201cIrrespective of his poor health,\u201d Father John continued, \u201che was anxious about the poor on the street that they are getting food daily or not. We [have] tried our best to fulfill his dreams and we solicit the support of CNEWA to ensure the distribution of food for the poor.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>On Sunday, Baselios Mar Cleemis, major archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, named an administrator,&nbsp;<em>ad interim<\/em>, to guide the eparchy for as long as \u201cthe health of His Excellency Bishop Jacob Mar Barnabas hinders his ability to handle his responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MarBarnabasCrop2-1-1024x635.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112277\" style=\"width:840px;height:520px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this file photo, Bishop Jacob Mar Barnabas distributes supplies in Delhi. (photo: John E. Kozar\/CNEWA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Father Varghese Vinayanand, a member of the Order of Imitation of Christ, assumes his role as caretaker for the sprawling eparchy, as Christians, Hindus and Muslims pray for a man who wrote: \u201cGod has called me to radiate his love and care to those brothers and sisters without looking at their faith, caste, color or language.\u201d&nbsp;<br><br>Please pray for the recovery of Jacob Mar Barnabas, and for all those suffering the ravages of this pandemic, which continues to plague our world.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Lady of Good Health, pray for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Michael J.L.&nbsp;La Civita is CNEWA\u2019s communications director.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers of&nbsp;CNEWA\u2019s ONE magazine&nbsp;and its&nbsp;blog&nbsp;may be familiar with the story of&nbsp;Jacob Mar Barnabas, O.I.C. 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