Dear friends and members,
MERRY CHRISTMAS. On this solemn occasion we pray, 'May the Almighty God and one of his noblest sons, Lord Jesus Christ shower Their choicest blessings on you'. Jesus
Christ is such a universally loved and revered soul that even in our Hindu-majority country there are millions and millions of people who virtually worship Him. It gives us a wonderful feeling to send our greetings to you on such a grand occasion. May He protect, guide and bless you. As Brahmos, we feel proud of the way Raja Rammohun in his The Precepts of Jesus and Swami Vivekananda (his broadness and liberality originated from his Brahmo background) in his Thus Spake the Christ, paid their homage to Jesus Christ. Vivekananda wrote, "If I, as an Oriental, am to worship Jesus of Nazareth, there is only one way left to me, that is to worship Him as God and nothing else." This reflects our universal and cosmopolitan tradition. Interestingly enough, it is the Brahmo Samaj which was the first Indian religious community to celebrate the Christmas and conduct upasana on the occasion, and later the Ramakrishna Mission followed the example.
On such a holy occasion we generally make it a point to read the Holy Bible, at least some portions, if not the whole, of it. This time one message of Jesus that deeply touched us is that one should not evaluate what he/she has got or could not get from God, but should find joy and happiness from His divine presence within himself/herself all the time and the way He protected us at different times. That will bring greatest satisfaction to everyone and he/she may find the key to the Kingdom of God. What a profound message and so similar to the thoughts of our ancient sages and Brahmo pioneers. Regards,
Yours Truly,
Sumanta and Sandhya Niyogi
--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Terri Tettmar <
ttettmar@...> wrote:
From: Terri Tettmar <
ttettmar@...>
Subject: Greetings
To: "Sumanta-Sandhya Niyogi" <
sumantaniyogi@...>
Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 10:20 AM
Dearest Sumanta & Sandya,
Hope you are well as it has been quite some time since I have written to you.
We wanted to congratulate you on the upcoming wedding
of Shil and his fiancé and wish you all, tidings of great joy
on that a most auspicious of days.
God Bless you.
With Sincerely and Love,
The Tettmar Family
………..We are hoping that Cassidy & Jeet have arrived safely.
