Ahead of Christmas a programme was organised in Bishop House in which representatives of all religions participated. The X-Mas gathering program started with the devotional song presented by the students of St. Robert Girls’ School and others.
Addressing the gathering Bishop Anand Jojo said that politeness is the biggest strength of mankind. A well-mannered man always remains strong. There is nothing greater than forgiveness in this world. The life history of God Christ is full of sacrifices and devotion, he worked for the peace, love and brotherhood of the world, he added.
In his address Md. Islam Khan said that a true religion is that which unites everyone. It is our deeds here which carry our soul to the heaven or hell. Mental peace can only be when we avoid being materialistic. Only the good works and the truth tales can lead us towards the goal, he added.
Sardar Yashwant Singh said that meeting of soul and god is the basic element of every religion. Jesus Christ gave his life for establishing love and peace in the world and for the betterment of mankind. Every religion and the great souls show us the same path but nowadays we are wasting our strength in negative thinking.
Those who worked for the betterment of mankind without being prejudice are worshipped by us as idols. Great people and religion never advocates to act on the basis of religion or caste etc. Those who lead their life in midway can never be of destructive nature. Death is the biggest truth of our life and sorrow and joy are like day and night and every religion teaches us to take every situation calmly for a peaceful life.
Citing the example of Peshawar incident in which innocent students were killed a few days ago by the Taliban militants who justify their every act according to religion, Advocate Swaroop Chandra Jain said that no religion in this world allows anyone to kill anyone. Our religions even teach us to not look anyone with hatred. Religion makes us kind and the great people of every religion have taught us to take the path of truth and self-retrospection.
On this occasion cultural program was presented under the leadership of Sister Kusum. Fr. Anup anchored the program. On this occasion Vijay Minj, Sister Benedicta, Fr. George, Fr. PJ James, Fr. Anup Tete, Sanjay Tiwari, Dr. Baleshwar Ram, Birbal Prasad, Anup Rajesh lakra and others were present.