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Alison
11 Jun 2008
R.I.P
Maire
08 Jun 2008
Leaba i measc na naomh doibh.
Joanne
06 Jun 2008
May he rest in peace amen.
Liam M
06 Jun 2008
Rest In Peace, You Are In A Better Place, You Are In Our Minds And prayers
Abby Skillen & Caitlin Mcdonald
06 Jun 2008
Rest In Peace, you are in our thoughts and prayers. God Bless.
Kaitlin
06 Jun 2008
HOPE YOU REST IN PEACE AND GODS LOVE SHINES UPON YOU AMEN
Liam
06 Jun 2008
R.I.P Ragheed
Bridget
06 Jun 2008
May he rest in peace
Maurice Smith, Michael O'Shea, William Henry
03 Jun 2008
On the anniversary of the murder of our friend and Lough Derg Pilgrim Father Ragheed, Mass was offered today for him, his three colleagues murdered with him and all their families at St.Raphael's Parish, Yeading, Middx. The Mass was attended by members of the London Lough Derg Committee and prayers were said for peace in Iraq and a tribute paid to the Martyrs. London Lough Derg Committee.
Kate Gallagher
27 May 2008
Rest in Peace, Gentle soul. Fondly remembered one year onwards.
Janet
01 May 2008
may his soul, as i hope all souls, rest in peace
Joe
29 Apr 2008
I'm glad of this opportunity to remember Father. I hope he is now happy with our Father in heaven and I pray for his people in Iraq and indeed all the people in Iraq.
John
25 Apr 2008
great man who did great work will be missed
Georgina Kelly-Francis
25 Apr 2008
I Was So Upset To Hear Of The Death Of This Great Man. May God Bless His Soul And Welcome Him Into Heaven. R.I.P. love your true follower.xx
Nicole Mc Carty
25 Apr 2008
R.I.P Father Gandi
Sophia
25 Apr 2008
R.I.P May his Soul rest in peace.
Maureen
24 Apr 2008
May the Lord grant him eternal rest. In Fr. Ganni we were privilaged got to meet a martyr in our lifetime.
Doug
07 Apr 2008
My prayers go to Father an his Family.
Hugo Callaghan
25 Mar 2008
I had the pleasure of meeting Fr Ragheed while on Pilgrimage to St Patricks Purgatory and His Love for God and Iraq Will always be remembered by all who Knew him,May God reward and Forgive his cruel killers for what they have done,May Fr Ragheeds Name live forever with his people.God Bless His Soul Amen.
Kieran
20 Mar 2008
I read about this man and just wish that he rests in peace and hope that some resolve can be reached in Iraq.
Plunkett
13 Mar 2008
R.I.P
Victor Garvin, Galway
05 Feb 2008
A model of the priesthood. May the Lord grant him and his deacons eternal rest and bring them all home to the Father in Heaven.
Rita
21 Jan 2008
May he rest in peace
Con
18 Jan 2008
god grant eternal to this modern day christian martyr
Tony Higgins
04 Jan 2008
May his soul rest in peace
Owen O Shocko
27 Nov 2007
he was a lovley man and i was a great admirer
Louise McDonnell
15 Nov 2007
May the Lord grant him eternal rest and bring him to his true home in Heaven.
Ray Sutton
15 Nov 2007
Mum was a huge admirer of Fr. Ganni and I know would have registered her sorrow had she realised that she could do it online. I know that she prayed for him and his family and I continue her prayers, May they both rest in peace.
Amal Allos (Iraqi Christians In Need) ICIN
05 Nov 2007
Fr Ragheed did not die in vain, if it wasn't for people like him the world would be a worse place. He is truly a martyr.
Joe Obayda
05 Nov 2007
Yesterday, after reading my appeal on behalf of the charity ICIN – Iraqi Christians In Need Charity at my Local Parish Church in Surrey, a lady presented me with a prayer card for Fr. Ragheed originating from Lough Derg. I was moved and touched by the concern of the British people. We pray that Fr. Ragheed’s death does not pass in vain and give courage to all Iraqi Christians that they are not forgotten in the west.
Suhail Michael
05 Nov 2007
I write to inform you that we have set up a charity called Iraqi Christians in Need (web www.icin,org,uk) To help all the distressed Iraqi Christians in Iraq and in Exile Please ask your readers to visit our web site Email: info@icin.org.uk
Dean
29 Oct 2007
I am sorry to hear this. His courage is very inspiring. May he rest in peace with God.
Catherine
22 Oct 2007
God bless Fr. Ragheed Ganni. Such a good person did not deserve such an evil act. Father bless his soul and may he rest in peace.
Madeleine
02 Oct 2007
May the Lord hold him in the palm of his hand and give him everlasting peace.
Christine
16 Sep 2007
May his soul rest in peace with the Lord.
Conrad
02 Sep 2007
Rest in Peace Pete McCarthy. Your book showed us the way to Lough Derg. Everyone should read "McCarthy"s Bar" by Pete McCarthy.
Mary and Sadhbh
31 Aug 2007
Such a terrible tragedy. May they rest in peace.
Joseph
15 Aug 2007
No Greater Love...
Kevin
13 Aug 2007
I never met Fr. Ragheed but have heard some wonderful stories about him - ar dheis De go raibh a anam.
Margaret
06 Aug 2007
May God grant his gentle soul eternal rest...so so so sad and unfair that such evil exists. Goodbye our friend.
Teresa
30 Jul 2007
Lord give eternal rest to his gentle soul.
Seamus
24 Jul 2007
May the Eternal father welcome you into the joy and glory of Heaven to be with the saints and angels and Our Blessed Mother, for evermore. Please intercede for us all in 'this vale of tears'
Loreen
15 Jul 2007
God love your angel soul.
Sheila
12 Jul 2007
May the good Lord grant eternal rest to Fr. Ragheed and the martyrs who died with him.
Beth
05 Jul 2007
May he rest in peace- how great to have known such a willing martyr for the faith
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
05 Jul 2007
Goodness is stronger than evil; love is stronger than hate; light is stronger than darkness; life is stronger than death.
Noel Farry
01 Jul 2007
May he rest in peace. A holy man respected by Christians and Muslims - Al hamdu lillah: shukran jazeelan.
Leisa
28 Jun 2007
How blessed we are to have had his presence on earth as an example of great love - I am sad at his passing but grateful for his love of his fellow man
Padraig
27 Jun 2007
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
The Irish Nation
26 Jun 2007
On behalf of all Irish and non Irish we would like to express our heartfelt thoughts and deepest sympathy to all concerned in relation to the deaths of Fr. Ragheed ans his companions-may they all rest in peace
Carolyn
21 Jun 2007
I am in America, never having met Fr. Ragheed, yet feeling so connected to him. My prayer group has embraced him as an interecessor. I am thankful to him for his witness of faith.
Monsignor Richard Mohan, Prior of Lough Derg
17 Jun 2007
‘Christians in Iraq are going through a very tough time. So let us keep each other in prayer’ is part of Ragheed’s last email message to me, wishing everyone at Lough Derg well for the beginning of the 2007 season.
He added that he ‘had survived certain death many times’; sadly the next attack changed all that.
Like Saint Patrick, who came as a stranger to our country but did not remain so, Ragheed came among us and became one of what he himself referred to as ‘his Lough Derg family’. He made a deep and lasting impression on the many pilgrims who were fortunate enough to meet him; his simplicity and sincerity touched all.
In ‘Pilgrims Tales….and more’ (a compilation of stories from pilgrims and staff), he talked about the ‘rich heritage of Celtic Spirituality of the island and of the island experience’. He also spoke of ‘God’s grace, which brings that inner peace which all seek and which above all makes us an apostle, a disciple of Christ’.
Ragheed was indeed a true disciple, giving of himself to people wherever he met them. His dedication took him back to war-torn Iraq (“these are my people,…. that is where I belong”). There he risked everything so that his people could celebrate Eucharist and in doing so he made the ultimate sacrifice, allowing his body to be broken, his life’s blood to be poured out, in memory of the Lord Jesus.
I am in awe when I realise that a good friend, someone who so often prepared the altar for the early morning Mass, who frequently celebrated Eucharist with me, is a martyr for the faith and, (dare I say it) a saint in heaven.
We at Lough Derg mourn his passing and keep his parents, sisters and brothers in our prayers.
May Ragheed and his fellow Iraqi martyrs intercede with the Lord for all who were blessed to know and love him.
By the rivers of Babylon and the waters of Lough Derg we weep as we remember Ragheed.
But we shall rejoice and be glad.Margaret-a pilgrim
17 Jun 2007
Terrible tragedy- why good men die is hard to understand
Maurice Smith, William Henry, Michael O'Shea
14 Jun 2007
Our friend Father Ragheed will always be remembered by us as a Pilgrim of Lough Derg and especially when he told us of his first visit to L.D. and how much he enjoyed being there. We will always remember him, his friends who died with him, and his family on our Pilgrimages to St. Patrick's Purgatory. May they rest in Peace. Members of the London Lough Derg Committee
Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly and the Chaldean Bishops
12 Jun 2007
A horrible crime against God and humanity, may these martyrs find eternal rest
Mgr. Rabban al Qas, bishop of Amadiyah and Erbil
12 Jun 2007
He had great courage, united with a loving calm. He was a spiritual man, loved by his people, Catholic and Muslim
