ETHIOPIA: Cardinal Berhaneyesus Appeals for More Prayers for those Affected by War in the Country
His Eminence Cardinal Berhaneyesus Metropolitan Archbishop and President of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Ethiopia
Habtamu Abrdew Beture
His Eminence Cardinal Berhaneyesus Metropolitan Archbishop and President of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Ethiopia has urged all people of good will to pray especially for the war affected people.
He said this in his Ethiopian Good Friday official message delivered to all public and private media concerning the Ethiopian Easter, adding that “When Abel died, his blood cried out to God. That incident has a powerful message the death of an innocent victim would bring to God’s notice. In particular, the blood of an innocent person is significant. Christ’s resurrection, then, is the answer to all of Abel’s cries.”
He continued by saying, “The resurrection of Christ gives power to every Christian and to humankind to overcome all evils and sin. Today, through the cross of Christ, we can overcome hatred with love, revenge with forgiveness, sorrow with joy, conflict with dialogue, endurance with perseverance, and Christian hope.”
The Ethiopian Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called on the King of Peace, our Lord, and Savior Jesus Christ, to grant true peace to our country, Ethiopia. And calling once again to all people of good will to pray together to the people who are severely suffering from the costs of the war.
The bishops entrust all Catholics to plead for mercy, reconciliation, and peace to our beloved Ethiopia, and to lay all the sufferings of the people under the cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
“May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the God of peace, grant us peace in our land. In the name of the resurrected Jesus Christ, we beseech all concerned body to facilitate for accesses so that emergency humanitarian aids can reach the people who currently are very much in need. And may the resurrected Jesus Christ receive in his kingdom those who have died in the war and human crises; and may he comfort those who mourn, he said adding,
“As we celebrate this Easter, I would like to entrust all of us to celebrate by doing our best to share the grief and the suffering of the needy, the weak, the displaced, and the sick.”
