Archbishop's Greetings on Ganesh Festival In the name of the Catholic community of Goa and in my own, I am glad to send cordial greetings and best wishes to all our Hindu brethren who celebrate the Festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, praying for God's generous blessings to fall on every concerned household and individual. May the spiritual and material gifts that the deity is believed to bring along with it be theirs in abundance. As we, followers of a different faith, share in the joy of these brothers and sisters of ours on the occasion of their annual festival, I raise an earnest prayer that we may all imbibe the perennial values this festivity celebrates and, accordingly, embrace goodness and serenity that will lead us to wisely acknowledge God's loving care present in our lives and to respond to it by generously sharing our resources even material wealth -- with one another, in genuine concern. Above all, may this occasion once again strengthen the bonds of friendship that have always existed among people of diverse religious traditions in our State of Goa.
Archbishop's House, Panjim, Goa, August 26, 2006. + Filipe Neri Ferrao Archbishop of Goa and Daman _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
