He went even as far as Kottyar on the southern coast.

Years of continuous work and hardships fatigued him and broke his constitution.subsided he visited the Mission. Though weak, during the periods when the fever subsided he visited the Mission. The Apostle of Sri Lanka: Blessed Joseph Vaz (1651-1711)ĭuring the last months of 1709, Joseph Vaz suffered from a peculiar kind of fever, which subsided for a short time and then recurred with renewed force.Joseph Vaz, first saint to Sri Lanka (en.radiovaticana.va) “Without the Blessed Vaz, there would be no priest on the island”().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 18 – THE LAST DAYS AND THE DEATH OF THE APOSTLE ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 17 – THE APOSTLE OF CEYLON AND THE NEW KING OF KANDY ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 16 – THE RETURN OF THE APOSTATE SPARKS ACCUSATION OF BAPTISM WITH BLOOD ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 15 – SIX MORE MISSIONARIES COME FROM INDIA ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 14 – SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN KANDY ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 13 – MISSIONARIES ARRIVE FROM GOA ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 12 – THE APOSTLE VISITS DUTCH COLOMBO ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 11 – THE MIRACLE OF RAIN IN KANDY ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 10 – BEGINNING OF THE APOSTLATE IN KANDY ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 9 – THE APOSTLE OF SRI LANKA IN PRISON IN KANDY ().BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 8 – THE APOSTLE OF SRI LANKA ARRESTED AT WEUDA ON THE WAY TO KANDY ().

BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 7 – THE APOSTLE OF SRI LANKA IN PUTTALAM ().

BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 6 – THE APOSTLE OF SRI LANKA IN JAFFNAPATTINAM ().

BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 5 – TRAVEL TO CEYLON (SRI LANKA) ).

BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 4 – PERSECUTION OF CATHOLICS IN CEYLON BY THE DUTCH ().

BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 3 – THE APOSTLE OF KANARA.

BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 2 – THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PADROADO REAL AND PROPAGANDA FIDE ().

BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ: PART 1 – THE EARLY YEARS.

The hymn is sung in both Sinhala and Tamil languages in the same Melody.

Michael Rajendram Pillai of the Diocese of Galle translated the lyrics to Tamil. Anthony Hemantha Peiris of the Diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka, wrote the Lyrics in Sinhala and also composed the music of the hymn sung in the following video. In 2012, to commemorate the birth of the Saint of India and Sri Lanka., Rev. Saint Joseph Vaz was born on April 21, 1651, in the village of Benaulim, Goa, India.

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