2012-08-09 16:53:08

Prayer for victims extends plea to God for blessings of peace: Archbishop Celata


August 9, 2012: At a celebration of the Eucharist in the Cathedral of Nagasaki on 9 August, in commemoration of the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki, Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber and Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in his message said “I consider it a gift from the Lord to join with you in the celebration of this Holy Mass for the victims of the bombing that, on August 9 to 67 years ago, this city of Nagasaki was struck indiscriminately, causing so much death, suffering and destruction. The prayer for the victims of this horrible event will necessarily extend a plea to God to give us the blessings of peace.”

Praying for the victims of the bombing and for peace he added “Believers of different religions are called to collaborate with everyone in the building of peace offering, in addition, the specific contribution of their spiritual traditions, we can roughly identify the concepts of ‘compassion’, ‘mercy’, ‘forgiveness’, ‘love’, attitudes that reflect, despite their differences, the common belief that all human beings belong to one human family and participate in the same outcome.”

He further said “For us Christians the gift of faith gives light to understand that only in God's peace has its ultimate foundation and the concrete possibility to be realized. God is Creator and Father of all human beings, which he calls, then, to live as brothers. This fraternity was early in the final because Jesus himself, dying and rising for our sake, he has reconciled with the Father and among ourselves. Jesus, therefore, is our peace and give us true peace. For this, we offer the Divine Sacrifice to implore his peace through the outpouring of his Spirit of love. Peace is his gift entrusted to our active commitment.”

“The testimony of faithfulness to God and love for fellow Christians and non Christians offered by the Saints and Blessed Martyrs of Nagasaki invites us to look with renewed commitment in faith to the many victims of the barbarism of nuclear war. From his cross, and the luminous power of his resurrection, Jesus invites us to a great mission of charity, pray and work for peace to become established everywhere, and with it the real life can flourish. And 'this, the content of happiness promised by the Master: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God"








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