In his message, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem asks the palm procession on Sunday, the believers of the Holy Land that do not fear those who want to divide, exclude or seize the “spirit of the Holy City”, because his profession is “building, joining, demolishing barriers, hope against hope”
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The sound of the Christians of the Holy Land, the original and the pilgrims, increased yesterday from Jerusalem to say strongly that they are not afraid, because “children of light, resurrection, and life”, one lives in hope and conviction that “love overcomes everything.”
The Cardinal Perbatista Bizabala, Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem, on the occasion of Sunday’s convoy of the believers «from Gaza to Nazareth; From Bethlehem to the yen, “and also to those Jordanians and Cyprus,” Praying with us and entered with us in the Holy City, Jerusalem “, to say that Christians” are in the same places where the moments of Jesus’ passion occurred, they will be united with all of those who live their passion between us and in the world. “
Christians are not afraid
“Jesus’ passion – the ongoing message – is not the last word of God from the world,” but the resurrection is, which is the Christians of the Holy Land, who met with it, reaffirm. The unity between Christians, who support and forgive each other, testifies that no one can separate the believers “from their love for Jesus.”
The message is frank: Christians are not afraid of those who “want to divide”, or those who want to “exclude” or those who want to “seize the spirit of” the holy city of Jerusalem “, because for centuries, Jerusalem will continue in a prayer house for all people who can not possess it.
Therefore, Christians, who belong to the Holy City, should not be divided, and they cannot “love Christ”, because those who belong to it will always be “among those who build and do not destroy, and who know how to respond to hatred with love and loneliness, and who oppose the refusal of reception.”
Renewing commitment to peace and unity
Jerusalem, Bezabala, concludes, “It is the place of death and the resurrection of Christ, the place of reconciliation, from the love that saves and overcomes the limits of pain and death.” This is the profession of Christians: “Building, join the barriers, and waiting for hope.”
The call is not inhibiting, not the loss of hope, not to be afraid, but “research with confidence” in renewing “a loyal and concrete commitment for peace and unity, with strong confidence in the power of love of Christ.”
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