HB Patriarch Sako Sent a Thank you Letter to Cardinal Mar George Alencherry the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church in India
Beatitude, Eminence Words are not enough to express thanks and gratefulness on behalf of myself and my brother bishops who accompanied me during this visit: Mar Yousif Toma Mirkis, Mar Habib Al-Nawfaly and Mar Basilios Yaldo. It was really a great honor to participate in the Silver Jubilee celebration of the promotion of Malabar Church to a Major Archbishop, and an opportunity to meet with your Beatitude and members of the Holy Synod to exchange ideas, enrich and broaden our minds in a way that takes us back to our historical bonds, tradition, and common “Oriental” roots.
Beatitude, Eminence Words are not enough to express thanks and gratefulness on behalf of myself and my brother bishops who accompanied me during this visit: Mar Yousif Toma Mirkis, Mar Habib Al-Nawfaly and Mar Basilios Yaldo. It was really a great honor to participate in the Silver Jubilee celebration of the promotion of Malabar Church to a Major Archbishop, and an opportunity to meet with your Beatitude and members of the Holy Synod to exchange ideas, enrich and broaden our minds in a way that takes us back to our historical bonds, tradition, and common “Oriental” roots.
Despite
the shortness of this trip (10 to 16 January 2018), we think it has
opened the door widely for cooperation between St. Thomas Christians and
the Chaldean Church; encouraged us to renew the spiritual and
liturgical heritage that we share; as well as focusing on the formation
of our clergy.
Beatitude, Eminence
We
are really proud of the Apostolic Malabar Church, in terms of the
progress, prosperity and its presence in many countries around the world
following the steps of St. Thomas, the Apostle and his brave confession
of faith “My Lord and my God: “Mar Wa Allah”. This significant
profession, following the resurrection of Jesus, empowers us with a
distinctive authentic, deep and spontaneous perception, to work
enthusiastically in spreading the Good News, same as St. Thomas did, by
travelling long distances in order to share the love of Jesus Christ
with others.
Beatitude, Eminence
Beatitude, Eminence
We
look forward to seeing you in Iraq, in order to hit the ground running
and open the horizons up for a better future for both pastoral missions.
I believe it is God’s will to initiate this relationship, particularly
at this time, that the Lord has blessed your Church with great numbers
of priests, monks and nuns, to assist our persecuted Chaldean Church,
which is suffering from the shortage in clergy and nuns, due to
successive wars and emigration. Thank God for His blessings, it seems
like an echo of the past when our Church supported your Church by
sending bishops, priests and monks until the sixteenth century.
Thank you again with best regards,
+ Louis Raphael Sako
Patriarch of Chaldeans
Baghdadhope
16 gennaio 2018
