Fourth Sunday

of Lent Building a World of Justice

T
April 3, 2011
o live in peace is the goal of all people, and building peace is an integral part of the
mission of Development and Peace. Bishop Richard Grecco of Charlottetown
shared his reflections after a trip to the Middle East with Development and Peace:

“The Middle East is the place above all

where peace needs to be celebrated, because
it is the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and
the centre of the Muslim faith. Peace in the Middle
East would have a global impact.”

“As I offered Eucharist in the Church

of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the force
of the Prayer for Peace and the Sign of Peace before
Holy Communion struck me deeply
and emotionally. Development and Peace
is about peace-building as much as it
is about development, especially in the
Middle East.”

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copy of the 2011 Share Lent
Magazine or visit us at
http://sharelent.devp.org.

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 “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
John 9.5

Prayers of the People

God of Compassion, in Colombia, in Palestine and Israel,
in Afghanistan,
in all the regions of the world where your people suffer
from the violence of war and the violence of oppression,
open the way forward to hope, to healing,
to a just and lasting peace.
God of Peace, we pray for courageous and committed people
around the world who every day take steps, small and large,
along the path to peace.
May we too be faithful travellers
as we follow in the footsteps of Jesus
who came to be our Peace.
From: Cultivating Just Peace, KAIROS.
Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives www.kairoscanada.org
Found in We Dare to Say, edited by Sylvia Skrepichuk
and Michel Côté, Novalis, 2007.

2011

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