” “Lent reminds the Christian that such situations as the military occupation, the limitation of freedom, the lack of security, the violation of the laws can be turned into an opportunity for a new life. This is briefly what has been written, in his Lenten message for 2007, by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah, who also suggests a factual means of conversion: fasting. "With Jesus, we go in the desert of Jericho a city that is a prison, like all the Palestinian cities, the symbol of the conflict that has become our living environment we fast to make our peace with God, with our friends and enemies; we fast to renew the acceptance of our faith. True faith drives fear away and enables the believer to build the common good". The Patriarch repeats that "the calling of the Christian, to be leaven in the land of Jesus, asks us to remain in these holy places and experience the commandment of love, to forgive by claiming our lost rights and to share the goods and the sacrifices with everyone" with no difference of religion or nationality. (to be continued).” “
