HOLY LAND MUST BE "A LAND OF FORGIVENESS AND REDEMPTION", SAYS PATRIARCH SABBAH

Rome, 13 (NE) Holy Land must be "a land of forgiveness and Redemption", stressed the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah, during a peace prayer held yesterday. In the face of the growing situation of violence, that yesterday reached new limits, more than 500 people, religious and lay, took part in this prayer for peace, reconciliation and justice. "This is why we have come to pray; not for more hatred and more troubles, but for more justice and more love, in the munificence of God Almighty", he said.

In his words during the prayer meeting, Patriarch Sabbah recalled the need for freedom of the Palestinian people, calling all the inhabitants of Holy Land to listen the words of Jesus. "Our destiny is the freedom in our land, and hence tranquility and security in it for all, Palestinians and Israelis alike. Before that, amidst the hatred and the bloodshed, the word of God should dwell in our hearts; we have to listen to it, to meditate it".

Patriarch Sabbah especially invited those present to pray for "the political leaders, Israelis and Palestinians". "May God inspire them with the light to see the core of the problem and the right ways to deal with it. May He give them courage and strength to implement what God inspires them." "This is a holy land, a land of faith and prayer. It is written nowhere that it should remain a land of hatred and blood", Patriarch Sabbah said in closing. "On the contrary, in the mercy of God, this land is determined to be a land of redemption and love".

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