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The World Council of Churches has published online new materials related to the 2024 Easter Initiative: “Out of the darkness — Easter solidarity with the Holy Land”
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“The elements of THAT Thursday include a bowl and towel, and wine and bread, and the knowledge He said, ‘Whenever you do this…remember me’, before His plea to simply love…The appalling injustice of ‘Good Friday’ is not something from long ago, it is happening even now,” says Bishop Cam Venables in his Maundy Thursday poem
Reddacliff Place / Brisbane Square
266 George St,
Brisbane
(An alternative venue will be announced in the case of wet weather)
Gather with Anglican clergy and inter-faith leaders from different SEQ communities to pray for the people of Gaza, especially for a permanent ceasefire and a just peace. There will also be brief periods of silent reflection and music. In the hours leading up to the vigil from 3pm, community leaders will read the names of the more than 10,000 children who have died since October. Please bring friends, colleagues and family members; a cushion; a glow stick or LED candle; and, open hearts. See more.
“For the past six months I’ve had a very heavy sadness upon me as I watched the conflict in Gaza unfold…I think the cracks are beginning to appear in the edifice. And it’s because the population of the world can see what’s happening and is beginning to name it for what it is — it is genocide. That word is now being used freely…The cracks are beginning to appear here and it’s all because politicians actually do not lead…They’re followers, and our job is to point the direction to them…There is hope on Palm Sunday because people actually care…People come out and they stand up and policy does get changed…The cause is just,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt
“I remember my first Palm Sunday. It was in 1987. I was fleeing to Ethiopia from South Sudan, along with thousands of other young boys and girls, to avoid being conscripted as a child soldier. Even though I was only 11 years old at the time, I knew it was Palm Sunday. Because we were fleeing on foot through the bush, the only way we could keep track of time was by the moon. We gathered under a shady tree in prayer to commemorate the special day,” says Bishop Daniel Abot
“Seeing the Passion of Jesus as being played out in the everyday can heighten our response to those everyday situations. So the children of Gaza become one with the Holy Innocents and Christ loses limbs with Ukrainian soldiers. What are we called to do in response?” asks The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt
At Saturday’s inter-faith “Praying for Gaza” ceasefire prayer vigil, Archbishop Jeremy shared a prayer from Palestinian Archbishop Hosam Naoum, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
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