Posted on 12/24/2018 2:14:59 PM PST by McGruff
Syrian Christians hope for "a Christmas of forgiveness and reconciliation", embracing "the whole country, non-Christians included”. Without a new culture, one that doesn’t forget the wounds but goes beyond them, it will not be possible to build "a future of coexistence,” said Fr Amer Kassar, of the Church of Our Lady of Fatima in Damascus.
Speaking, to AsiaNews, the 40-year-old Syro-Catholic diocesan priest described the beautiful atmosphere in the capital as preparations get underway to welcome the birth of Jesus, like “before the war".
In homes, streets and churches "we are getting ready for Christmas" in a context that is, "on balance, quiet". In Damascus, people hope "to spend this period in peace and serenity".
Parishes are crowded and lots of people are taking part in the celebrations. “Many people are in the streets. We are preparing ourselves with prayer and works, decorating streets and homes."
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Saint Paul the Apostle was converted from one who aided into the murder of Christians, to the greatest evangelist of all time...
On the road to Damascus...
Saint Paul the Apostle was converted from one who aided in* the murder of Christians, to the greatest evangelist of all time...
On the road to Damascus...
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