For the peace
of Jerusalem pray:
“May those who
love you prosper!
May peace be
within your ramparts,
prosperity
within your towers.”
For the sake of
my brothers and friends I say,
“Peace be with
you.”
For the sake of
the house of the LORD, our God,
I pray for your
good.
Psalm 122:
6-9
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As
Jesus drew near Jerusalem,
he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
“If this day you only knew what makes for peace–
but now it is hidden from your eyes….
You did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
“If this day you only knew what makes for peace–
but now it is hidden from your eyes….
You did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
Luke 19:
41, 44
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“From
the bottom of my heart, I make an appeal to the parties involved to put an end
to the spiral of hatred and violence and to make courageous decisions for
reconciliation and peace. Building peace is difficult, but living without peace
is a torment!”
Pope Francis
“We
condemn every act of violence and we call on Israelis and Palestinians for
mutual respect, to work together so that a political solution to the conflict
could be found. This vicious circle of violence, of counter-violence, of
reprisals is seriously detrimental to the peace process.”
Bishop William Shomali,
Vicar for Jerusalem
Latin
Patriarchate of Jerusalem
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Please
support efforts to work and pray for peace in the Holy Land and all of the
Middle East:
The
Franciscan Custody for the Holy Land needs
your help to assist the children and the poorest of the town where Jesus was
born. Their goal is to help 350 Christian
Palestinian families and 2,000 children of Bethlehem for Christmas:
The
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ website offers Advent reflections
as well as interfaith prayers:
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