Pope Leo XIV celebrates Palm Sunday Mass in the Vatican (@Vatican Media)
Pope recalls many Middle East Christians who suffer with
Christ during Holy Week
Pope Leo XIV decries the fact that many Christians in the
Middle East will be unable to celebrate Holy Week rites, urging everyone to
remember the many people who share in Christ's suffering as the Church
contemplates the Mystery of the Lord's Passion.
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
"Precisely as the Church contemplates the mystery of
the Lord’s Passion, we cannot forget those who today truly share in His
suffering."
Pope Leo XIV made this observation at the conclusion of
his Palm Sunday Mass in the Vatican.
He drew the Church's attention to the plight of Christians
in the Middle East, saying their "trial calls upon the conscience of
all."
"At the beginning of Holy Week, we are closer than ever
in prayer to the Christians of the Middle East, who suffer the consequences of
a terrible conflict and in many cases cannot fully live the rites of these holy
days," he said.
The Pope invited the faithful to join him in raising their
supplication to the Prince of Peace, "that He may sustain peoples wounded
by war and open concrete paths of reconciliation and peace."
Before reciting the midday Angelus prayer, the Pope
entrusted to the Lord seafarers who are victims of war, saying he prays for the
deceased, the wounded, and their families.
"Earth, sky, and sea," he underscored, "are
created for life and for peace."
Finally, Pope Leo urged the Church to pray for all migrants
who have died at sea, in particular for those who lost their lives in recent
days off the coast of the island of Crete.
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