Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Respect at Sacred Places

As a person who regularly visits St. Anthony's shrine, in Pune, every Tuesday, I've noticed there are many people from other faiths who visit the Shrine. What I've seen is that these people pay much more respect to the holy place much more than anyone present there has ever showed to the place. It not like we do not respect the sanctity of the place. It's actually wonderful to see their action. Like facing their back to the alter, bowing in reverence to the altar, kissing the bible or the statues, even placing their forehead on it. Hope we can follow their examples and in some way show a greater respect to our sacred places.

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