The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting all people of good will to express their support for the 2024 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, 16-22 September 2024. This World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel includes the UN International Day of Peace on 21 September with its theme “Cultivating a Culture of Peace”.
Join with us and the World Council of Churches in praying this prayer for peace during the World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel:
“God of love and justice,
send your spirit of love and reconciliation into our hearts,
so we have the courage to uphold the sanctity of life,
see the beauty of all human beings created in your image
and overcome all hate,
God of reconciliation,
send your spirit of wisdom and prudence
into the hearts of those in power
that a just and sustainable peace
with room for a good life for both Palestinians and Israelis
may become possible.”
-Amen
El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) invita a todas las personas de buena voluntad a expresar su apoyo a la Semana Mundial por la Paz en Palestina e Israel, que se celebrará del 16 al 22 de septiembre de 2024. Esta Semana Mundial por la Paz en Palestina e Israel incluye el Día Internacional de la Paz de las Naciones Unidas, el 21 de septiembre, con su tema «Cultivar una cultura de paz».
Únase a nosotros y al Consejo Mundial de Iglesias en esta oración por la paz durante la Semana Mundial por la Paz en Palestina e Israel:
«Dios de amor y justicia
envía a nuestros corazones tu espíritu de amor y reconciliación
para que tengamos el valor de defender la santidad de la vida,
veamos la belleza de todos los seres humanos creados a tu imagen
y superar todo odio,
Dios de la reconciliación,
envía tu espíritu de sabiduría y prudencia
en el corazón de los gobernantes
que una paz justa y duradera
con espacio para una buena vida tanto para palestinos como para israelíes
sea posible».
-Amen
Israel has agreed to send negotiators to a new round of talks over a ceasefire and hostage release deal, after a diplomatic push from the United States, Egypt and Qatar.
In a world experiencing tremendous challenges – “a third world war fought piecemeal; the flood of migrants…; the burgeoning numbers of the poor; the threat of irreversibly compromising the health of our planet. To say nothing of all the difficulties we encounter each day, which at times risk plunging us into resignation or defeatism”, Pope Francis calls all of us “to embody and communicate the Gospel message of hope”.
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Our sisters and brothers in these areas and in other parts of our world are experiencing profound suffering on a daily basis. In his Easter message, Pope Francis urged the world to resist “the logic of weapons” and made a strong appeal for Gaza’s access to humanitarian aid and for an immediate ceasefire in the area.
Bahkita, who is also the patron saint of Sudan, her homeland, was kidnapped and sold into slavery at a very young age – a victim of human trafficking. Eventuaslly freed, she became a Canossian nun and was declared a Saint in 2000.