Many processed in Bethlehem this week in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the feast of Corpus Christi.  It was an occasion which drew many of the Faithful, walking together in a spirit of prayer and trust in God, espcially as far as the future of their Land is concerned.Insert (in Arabic)Many came from Beit Sahur, Beit Jala, and it was an important occasion on which to strengthen faith, and encourage prayer to ask God for peace in this Land.The Sacred Heart of Jesus is also patron of the Salesians in Bethlehem.  For more than a century, as Father Piergiorgio Gianazza explains, the Salesians have given life to the Sacred Heart procession here.  An event already well established during the time of the Ottoman Turks, it redflects a tradition well known throughout the Middle East.Father PIERGIORGIO GIANNAZZA (in Italian)Salesian community in BethlehemWe have long walked with Jesus on our roads ... which are those of which he walked.  Non-Christians have also awlked with us because He is the King and Lord of all.  Only on two or three occasions was the procession cancelled: this was during the Intifada, when the peocession was forbidden.

Many processed in Bethlehem this week in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the feast of Corpus Christi.  It was an occasion which drew many of the Faithful, walking together in a spirit of...leggi tutto