Marian devotion
In the Bundang district, within the city of Seongnam, the parish of Gumi-dong is entrusted to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. This title contemplates Mary as a mother who remains with those who go through pain, uncertainty or need and leads them to Jesus Christ, the source of all hope.
Advocation: Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
Official Korean name: God’s Word Yenwonhan domisin Seong Maria.
Temple: - Yes.
Address: 20 Gumi- ro 130beon- gil, Bundang- gu, Seongnam@@
Parish Foundation: 28 January 2003.
Jurisdiction: Catholic diocese of Suwon.
Coordinates checked: 37.3401301, 127.1243667.
An officially documented dedication
The directory of the Episcopal Conference of Korea identifies Bundang Gumi-dong as a parish of the diocese of Suwon and records as a patron "hmvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvdvdvdvdvdvdvddvdvdvdvdvdvdvdvdvdvdvdvdvThe same fact sheet confirms your erection date and your address.
These are verifiable institutional data. The dedication expresses a universal Marian devotion received by a particular Korean community.
The sense of Perpetual Relief
The word "perpetual" does not promise a life without proof. It proclaims that Mary's maternal request does not abandon the disciple when tiredness, fear or fragility come.
"Help" doesn't mean a magic force either. In the Christian faith, Mary intercedes and guides her Son. His help teaches him to listen to the Gospel, receive the sacraments and respond to the suffering of others with concrete works.
Mary leads to Christ
True Marian devotion never ends in Mary as if she replaced God. His mission is to set up the heart to welcome Christ and obey his word.
Those who ask for the Perpetual Relief also learn to offer help: a call to those who are alone, time to listen, food for a needy family or responsible accompaniment to a disease.
A mother at the time of pain
St. John Paul II, praying before Our Lady of Perpetual Relief in Bclaran, entrusted Mary with the sorrows, hopes and needs of the people, especially those who suffer poverty and affliction.
This maternal dimension does not deny the severity of pain. It allows it to be presented before God without hiding it and sustains the dignity of the person when the forces seem insufficient.
Stay and care
In Tacloban, Pope Francis recalled the presence of Mary as a mother with her children in suffering. To remain does not always consist in finding words; sometimes it means sharing silence, not running away and helping with patience.
The community that invokes the Perpetual Relief is called to recognize wounds that can be hidden in a large city: duel, isolation, precariousness, family exhaustion or lack of hope.
A parish born in 2003
The parish was erected 28 January 2003. Its institutional history is therefore recent compared to Korean communities from previous centuries.
This youth does not diminish its value. A new community can learn to preserve the memory of faith while at the same time responding to the needs of urban neighbourhoods in transformation.
Faith in Bundang's daily life
Bundang is part of the Seoul metropolitan environment and brings together intense rhythms of work, study and displacement. Without attributing undocumented activities to the parish, its advocation offers a spirituality especially close to daily life.
The Perpetual Relief can be invoked at the beginning of a day, in caring for children or older, in the face of difficult decisions and when social pressure makes you forget the unrepeatable value of each person.
Responsible aid, non-superstition
Prayer does not replace the medical, psychological, legal or social care that a situation may require. To ask Mary for help can give strength to seek that help and to accept it without shame.
Nor does it convert objects or formulas into amulets. Christian trust is verified in charity, truth and perseverance.
A school of solidarity
The invocation interpels with the whole parish. If Mary is invoked as constant relief, believers cannot be indifferent to the need of the neighbor.
The most faithful help respects the freedom of the person, avoids humiliating him and seeks his autonomy. Christian compassion accompanies, it does not appropriate the history of the suffering.
Prayer for families and the elderly
Families can entrust to Mary the conflicts, the education of the children, the care of the elderly and the wounds that require forgiveness. The relief begins many times by listening before judging.
The elderly, the sick and those living alone are not a burden. His presence recalls that human dignity does not depend on productivity.
Korea's Relief and Reconciliation Perpetual
From Seongnam you can pray for peace on the Korean peninsula, for separated families and for those who lack freedom or security. Intercession must be accompanied by a look that does not dehumanize any people.
Mary helps to sustain a patient hope: a peace founded in truth, justice, respect and encounter.
verified location for the map
The episcopal direction is 20 Gumi-ro 130beon-gil. The search for the Korean name of the parish places the temple in 37.3401301, 127.1243667 and returns the same address in Bundang-gu.
The marker has been placed on the Catholic church of Bundang Gumi-dong, not on the center of the neighborhood or on another parish of Seongnam.
To visit and pray
The current hours of mass and opening should be consulted directly before you go. The visit must respect the celebrations, silence and ordinary life of the community.
You can pray for those who need immediate help and ask with sincerity: "Who can I help today?" Thus, the request also becomes availability.
Prayer to Our Lady of the Perpetual Relief of Bundang Gumi-dong
Mother of the Perpetual Relief, accompanies the parish of Bundang Gumi-dong and the city of Seongnam. Take us always to your Son. Hold those who suffer, protect families, comfort the alone and teach us to provide humble, faithful and responsible help. He pleads for reconciliation and peace throughout Korea. Amen.
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