ANOTHER PRAYER

PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE HOLYLAND

        Mary Queen of Peace Icon written by Father Richard G. Cannuli, OSA, MFA

Queen of peace, Chosen daughter of a land still devastated by wars, hatred and violence.

We confidently address our plea to you: Do not allow Jesus to cry at the sight of the HolyCity which did not understand the gift of peace may, once again, fall into indifference and political calculation.

Look at the afflictions of so many mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children, victims of destructive energies that are blind and without a future. Inspire ways of dialogue, a vigorous will in solving problems and a collaboration of certain hope.

Don’t let us ever to get used to oppression, to consider the struggles as inevitable and the victims they produce as collateral.

Make sure that the logic of aggression does not prevail over good will and that the solution of many problems is not considered impossible.

Just like with Your prayer in the midst of the Disciples on Pentecost, obtain from the Almighty that situations, even if apparently insurmountable in the Holy Land, find ways of happy solution.     AMEN.

           Fernando Cardinal Filoni  (Grand Master of the Holv Sepulchre of Jerusalem)

Note on Icon:  The icon, "Mary Queen of Peace," was written because all Christians and Muslims, especially in the Middle East, venerate Mary (Maryām‎), the mother of Jesus.  She is considered one of the most righteous and greatest women in the Islamic religion.  She is the only woman mentioned by name in the Quran, and her names appears more often in the Quran than in the New Testament.      (Villanova University)