(3rd August (Sunday) 2008). When I saw the figures of four different religions of the world in their distinguished religious habits
(See photo below), I told to myself: “Fantastic! That’s the beginning of interfaith dialogue!” This was at the official opening ceremony of the Janssen Spirituality Centre at Boronia, Vic.
Thanks to the God of the Jews, Christians, Muslims, and of different religions as well, for peoples of different faiths are now willing to stand next to one another to dialogue and pray. Yes, it is through dialogue that we might be able to discover that, though we are different, we are virtually very similar.
~ Michael Nguyen, SVD
rd day of the WYD08. I was waiting leisurely for a ride at the bus stop at Macquarie Shopping Centre, Marsfield. Unexpectedly two women approached me. They looked like mother and daughter, but they were not. They were carrying their orange WYD packs on their backs. The younger one said to me showing her ID-Passport: “We are from Puerto Rico. We came to join the WYD and we are pilgrims.” Then in a more solemn way she continued: “We want to announce to you that God loves you! Jesus died for us, but he rose again and he is alive today. Jesus came to save you!”
ir greeting and message! We then chatted briefly and got to know one another. They told me their names: Maria and Zulma. When my bus came, we said “Adios,” and parted no longer strangers, but friends. They continued on their journey approaching people at the bus stop and giving witness to Jesus Christ, the light of the world!