Synod participants who have known war and conflict firsthand led the assembly of the Synod of Bishops yesterday by praying for peace between Israel and Palestine, throughout the Middle East and across the globe, the Catholic News website reports today (October 13, 2023).
Iraqi Sister Caroline Saheed Jarjis, a member of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, read in Arabic the day's Gospel passage from Luke, which included the line: "Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
Margaret Karram, a Palestinian born in Israel , read prayers of petition for "the Holy Land; for the people of Israel and Palestine, who are in the grip of unprecedented violence, for the victims, especially the children, for the injured, for those being hostage, for the missing and their families.
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