Collaborate with Muslims, Continued Open Together
GLENMORE – Hundreds of Catholics from various cities such as Surabaya, Jember, Probolinggo, and Banyuwangi, especially those under the Tile Parish, held a Mass celebrating the blessing of the Statue of Mary in the Antaboga Prayer Garden, Antaboga hill, Sumbergondo Village, Glenmore Kecamatan District, yesterday (4/6).
Led by Father Antonio Suwahyo Projo and Father Octavianus Wijayalukito Projo, In the Mass the celebration of the blessing is also accompanied by the Eucharist, marked by the giving of bread to the congregation.
“This blessing is a mass celebrating one year of the blessing of the Statue of Mary,” said Father Antonio Suwahyo Projo. Father revelation, the greeting of Father Antonio Suwahyo Projo conveyed, Currently there are three statues in the Antaboga prayer garden, namely the Statue of Mary the Mediator of All Graces, Statue of Sacred Heart Source of Divine Mercy, and the Pieta Statue of Exemplary Life of Believers.
This prayer garden, used for mass once a month. “Once a month there is a holy mass, it's on the fourth week,” clear. In celebration of this blessing, Catholics who took Muslims around the statue of Mary held an iftar together.
The event to have a meal in celebration of the blessing, done at the same time as iftar.
“We can't eat at noon, because it is currently the month of fasting,” the light. To open with it, carried out in the TPK field, precisely in front of the Al Amin mosque, Gunungsari Village, Sumbergondo Village, Glenmore Kecamatan District.
“In this event also held a celebration of physical gratitude, This is to strengthen harmony between fellow citizens and religious communities," he said. The celebration of the blessing of the Statue of Mary, which was arranged by breaking the fast with Muslims, received a positive response from the residents.
Eko Hariyawan, 47, claimed to be very supportive of the activity. Besides being able to bring together fellow citizens,, With this event, it is hoped that it will foster inter-religious harmony.
“If belief is each other's business, but fellow human beings, you have to stay in harmony,” the excuse. Other Citizens, Ustad Hariyadi, 48, conveyed that the iftar activity which was initiated by Catholics and residents who were Muslim was good enough to strengthen the fabric of religious harmony..
“We can have different beliefs, different religion, but the human is still one,” clear. (radar)
