Rosary Prayer for Fr. Ragheed Ganni

One Year After His Martyrdom

 

After one year on the martyrdom of Father Ragheed Ganni on June 3^rd 2007, many priests, deacons and faithful gathered at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, CA on Monday June 2^nd to pray the Rosary in remembrance of that tragic day in Mosul, Iraq where the martyred priest lost his life with three of his sub-deacons.

 As much as it was a sad and painful day for many of his parishioners in Iraq and many of his friends and relatives around the world, it should really be a glorious honor that now he is joined with the Saints and the other Martyrs of our persecuted Church with the Lord in His heavenly glory.

For that honor, as our Bishop Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo noted on the martyrdom of Fr. Ragheed; we (the people) should be asking for the prayers of Fr. Ragheed and the other Martyrs of the Church, to pray for us because they are really the ones who deserved the Glory of Heaven in shedding their blood for Christ and His Church.

Mngr. Felix Shabi prepared a special speech for the occasion as he remembers Fr. Ragheed as a cousin and friend, growing together in Iraq and staying in Rome at the same time.

         The Chaldean Choir of St. Peter Chaldean Cathedral presented many hymns throughout the Rosary Prayer. The first and the most special hymn was the one sung by Fr. Ragheed in Arabic called “Nu Adthimuki Bil Madaeh”, which he recorded by his voice with his Choir in Sweeden. The hymn is about our Mother the Virgin Mary whom the martyred priest honored so deeply.

Wasan Jarbo

St. Peter Chaldean Choir