Panaji: Goa Church today said it extends its support to those who work towards averting the “absurd bloodshed and barbarity of terror acts”.
“We extend our hands to all people of goodwill, to work to avert the absurd bloodshed, the barbarity of terror acts and to cooperate to build a fraternal society, respecting the dignity of every human,” Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman said in the message released on the eve of Easter.
“On this occasion of Easter, the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, together with the faithful in the Archdiocese under his jurisdiction, joins the chorus of victory and joy resounding the world over: “,! The Lord is truly risen!,” the message further said.
“It is a song of trust and confidence, in spite of the chaos that reigns in the world. We all know that turbulence – which is often violent, causing death in its hundreds, displacing populations by hundreds of thousands from their homeland and exposing the sheltering nations to risks to their own security and development – undermines the basic values of freedom and dignity,” the Archbishop said.
“Alleluia is a song of trust and confidence, inspite of age-old practices of slavery, various forms of trafficking, violence on the vulnerable people in our homes, in our neighbourhoods, in our nation and in the world at large,” he added, Business Standard reported.
“Alleluia is a prayer for the grace that we may not succumb to the pride and arrogance which fuel violence and war, but that we may have the courage to be merciful, forgiving and to work for peace,” the message reads.