Posts Tagged ‘Palestine’
Pursuing Peace Together: Working for Reconciliation in the Holy Land
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is an ecumenical Christian organization that organizes the Christian community in the United States and advocates for issues of peace and justice in the Middle East. CMEP organizes a conference and advocacy event in June so that we, the members, can network together and address legislative policy regarding these ... Read more
Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time: The redemption of Jerusalem
Lectionary Readings: Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1. Through God’s grace of wisdom Jerusalem will remember and mourn the one “whom they have pierced” and with this great mourning Jerusalem will be redeemed. Galatians 3:26-29. Our faith and baptism in Christ breaks down the barriers of division and marginalization. Through Christ we all become descendants of Abraham. ... Read more
Passionist in Bethany and the Wall.
(The following article is written by Fr. Kevin Dance who lived in with the Passionist in the Bethany Community in between Israel and Palestine.) For 101 years Passionists have lived in Jerusalem, ‘City of Peace.’ Perched on the back of the Mount of Olives, where those great friends of Jesus–Mary, Martha and Lazarus — offered ... Read more
In Passion for Justice | Tagged Bethany, Fr. Kevin Dance, Israel, Palestine, Passionist, Peace, the Wall
Freedom Flotilla and Israel’s Attack
The following article is offered by Fr. Ray Sanchez, CP who is a member of the Passionist Community in Australia and is currently working with Passionist International, our UN non-governmental organization (NGO). Fr. Ray and Fr. Kevin are working with other NGO’s to address the recent escalated violence between Israel and Palestine that resulted from the attack ... Read more
Christian leaders urge world to intervene in Gaza | Reuters
Conscious of being part of the wider world-community, we recognize the need to collaborate responsibly with people of good will everywhere in pursuing all that is true, noble and just, – Passionist Constitutions, #69 Christian leaders urge world to intervene in Gaza | Reuters. For our part the North American Passionist JPIC Office deplores the ... Read more
Israel and Palestine, a people engaged in a spiral of violence
The Financial Times offered this article on January 6th. FT.com / UK – Israel’s self-defeating Gaza offensive. I found this article insightful insofar as it describes in detail the spiral of violence that the current Israeli offensive is setting off. In the article the author describes the perspective that was shared to him by an ... Read more
FT.com / Middle East / Arab-Israel conflict – ‘Even our homes are not safe. There’s nowhere safe in Gaza’
Recently, Pope Benedict XVI offered the following Christmas message: May the many people who continue to dwell in darkness and the shadow of death (cf. Lk 1:79) come to know the power of God’s saving grace! May the divine Light of Bethlehem radiate throughout the Holy Land, where the horizon seems once again bleak for ... Read more
Recent News & Blogs
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International Day of Non-Violence
Lectionary Reflections,Passion for Justice - September 28, 2011
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Wisdom to know the Difference”
Lectionary Reflections - July 21, 2011
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Good and Evil Wolf
Lectionary Reflections - July 14, 2011
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Comprehending the Incomprehensible
Lectionary Reflections - July 7, 2011
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July 4th Reflection on Religious Liberty
Passion for Justice - July 1, 2011
