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During these long months of suffering, anguish and sorrow,
especially during the lockdown periods, we sensed our need for divine
assistance, but also for expressions and gestures of fraternal solidarity: a
telephone call, a message of support and comfort, a prayer, help in buying
medicines or food, advice, and, to put it simply, the security of knowing that
someone is always there for us in times of necessity.
Human fraternity, in its numerous manifestations, thus
becomes a source of hope for all, especially for those in any kind of need.
Thanks be to God our Creator, and to our fellow men and women, for the quick
response and generous solidarity shown by believers and also persons of good
will with no religious affiliation in times of disaster, whether natural or
man-made, like conflicts and wars. All these persons and their goodness remind
us believers that the spirit of fraternity is universal, and that it transcends
all boundaries: ethnic, religious, social and economic. In adopting this
spirit, we imitate God, who looks benevolently upon the humanity he created,
upon all other creatures and upon the entire universe. This is why the growing
care and concern for the planet, our “common home”, is, according to Pope
Francis, yet another sign of hope.
We, Christians and Muslims, are called to be bearers of
hope, for the present life and for the life to come, and to be witnesses,
restorers and builders of this hope, especially for those experiencing
difficulties and despair.
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