Abu Dhabi , September 7, 2005  

Dear Brothers and Sisters,  

The web site of the Syro-Malabar community in Qatar gives me the opportunity to send you my blessing and greeting. With Saint Paul in his letter to the Colossians I remind you of the most important thing in our Christian life: “You must live your whole life according to the Christ you have received – Jesus the Lord; you must be rooted in him and built on him and held firm by the faith you have been taught, and full of thanksgiving” (2:6-7). When we are “rooted in him”, we are given the power to build up communion with all those who share the same faith in Jesus Christ and to serve them.  

It is my wish that the web site Syro-malabarchurch qatar org. becomes an efficient means to strengthen your faith and to deepen the communion among you and with the whole Catholic parish in Doha , Qatar . I express my gratitude to those who are working on it and thus witnessing to their commitment to the Gospel of our Lord.  

May the Lord bless you and protect you!  

Bishop Paul Hinder OFMCap