The Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem joins with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the suffering of the people of the Holy Land

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The Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem joins with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the suffering of the people of the Holy Land

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem joins with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the suffering of the people of the Holy Land at this time of violence and high tensions. Having always had support for the Holy Land, dialogue and peace at heart, the Order condemns the attacks and prays for the victims and their families. We stand beside all the men, women, children and the elderly who, as innocent victims, are suffering the consequences of this insane violence. In these days when the Church is preparing to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Palestine, patroness of the Order, may the Members of the Order keep prayer for peace in this tormented Land at the center of their intentions.

(October 2023)

A special prayer for peace in the Holy Land

Queen of peace,
Chosen daughter of a land still devastated by wars,
hatred, violence.
We confidently address our plea to you:
Do not allow that Jesus’ cry at the sight of the Holy City
which did not understand the gift of peace may, once again,
fall into indifference and political calculation.
Look at the afflictions of so many mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children,
victims of destructive energies that are blind and without a future.
Inspire ways of dialogue, a vigorous will in solving problems and
a collaboration of certain hope.
Don't let us ever get used to oppression, to consider the struggles as ‘inevitable’ and
the victims they produce as ‘collateral’.
Make sure that the logic of aggression does not prevail over good will and that
the solution of many problems is not considered impossible.
Just like with Your prayer in the midst of the Disciples on Pentecost,
obtain from the Almighty that situations, even if apparently insurmountable in the Holy Land,
find ways of happy solution.

AMEN

Fernando Cardinal Filoni
Grand Master