Holy Land: Bishop calls for peace as attacks increase

Tribulation Times

September 21, 2011  

(Isa 59:1-4) Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have divided between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you that he should not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity. There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity. 

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Palestine is expected to submit a formal letter requesting United Nations membership Friday, after the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the General Assembly.

Meanwhile, Israel and the United States hope to avoid any such showdown at the U.N. and instead focus on peace talks between the two Middle Eastern countries.

Abbas has received pressure from outsiders to drop the request, but claims he won’t be deterred from seeking what he feels is Palestine’s right.  The majority of the world is expected to vote symbolically in favor of Palesti

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nian independence.  The territories seeking to be called the state of Palestine reside in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and land captured by Israel in the 1967 war.

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ICN: Holy Land: Bishop calls for peace as attacks increase

A bishop in the Holy Land has called for prayers for peace as tensions – and acts of violence – increase ahead of the Palestinian Authority’s bid for recognition by the UN.  The message of prayer from Bishop William Shomali – Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem and Vicar of the Latin Patriarchate for Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories – was relayed to staff of Aid to the Church in Need, during a fact-finding trip to the Holy Land.

Bishop Shomali said: “The Lord told us to pray for peace.  Jerusalem will attain peace through the power of God, and not merely through the acts of politicians.” The bishop said prayer was essential as people yearned for peace and a better life after decades of violent conflict.

While many Christians have emigrated abroad because of the problems they face, Bishop Shomali, who comes from Beit Sahour near Bethlehem, described the importance of the faithful remaining in the region. He said: “The mission and calling of Christians is to remain in the Holy Land and work toward change. We want change, but we want peaceful change.”

The bishop also called for an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Israeli aerial attacks on Gaza began last month after the Popular Resistance Committee attacked a bus carrying Israeli soldiers, killing 14 people.

Bishop Shomali went on to stress the importance of visitors to Jerusalem and encouraged Christians to visit the region, saying: “The Holy Land needs you, and you need the Holy Land.”

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 30- "Concerning the Supreme Trinity Among the Virtues"

24. Purity makes its disciple a theologian, who of himself grasps the dogmas of the Trinity.

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