Unbelievable! - Malankara Sabha Maha Sammelanam
Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Unbelievable! is all I can say. My eye has never before seen anything close to what I saw at the St.Thomas Nagar, Baselious College grounds, Kottayam. It was indeed a maha sammelanam that many have seen for the first time.
Taking into account all the hardships that the church had to go through to get to this point and the time it had in hand to get the countless people from all parts of Kerala and beyond, it was a Herculean task to make this a grand success.
The grace of the Lord and the hard work of thousands and thousands of church loving people resulted in large number of people showing up for a well organized peaceful and powerful meeting and making it an unbelievable success. Young and old, men and women joined alike to make this a memorable event.
This meeting was so well organized, its beyond words of appreciation. The thousands of volunteers did a amazing job that there was no visible police presence inside the grounds.
The Rally was led by H.H, followed by bishops, bishop elects, clergy. Behind the leaders, the students from Kottayam seminary, and sisters from various institutions followed. Behind them, the people from each diocese (in alphabetical order) followed. All in all, an amazing rally.
The speaker stole every moment and crowd was jubilant all through the meeting. The association secretary started of with a highly energetic welcome speech. The speakers used the podiums to crush false propaganda and myths that are spread by various groups and societies. They used the occasion to educate the faithful of the true interpretations. The meeting was addressed by Dr. George Joseph, H.H (message read by H.G. Mar Coorilos), H.G. Paulose Mar Militios, H.G Thomas Mar Athanasius, H.G.Dr Thomas Mar Athanasius, H.G.Mathews Mar Severius, Rev. Fr Abraham Johns Konat, Rev.Fr. Mathai Edayanal, M.G. George Muthoot, Alexander Karakkal, Very Remban Thomas Paul and Smt. Priya Jacob. The words of each of the speakers were very much thought provoking.
The true sons of this church have once again shown everyone, that we listen to our H.H, and we are here to serve the church. All it takes is for H.H to send out the word.
If we could pull this through so successfully within 14 days of H.H's kalpana, it should only give us an idea of what this church is capable of. We proved once again that nothing can stop us. The politicians can play their games, prevent us from using stadiums and resources, but the Lord will give us what we need.
Let's thank the Lord for the success of this meeting and continue to pray for this church.
Thanks,
Rajesh Vargheese
Reporting for ICON from St. Thomas Nagar
Mar Baselios College Grounds
Kottayam
