South Sudanese Urged To Uphold Peace During Holy Week
The Head of the Catholic Diocese of Malakal has urged South Sudanese to enter to the holy week with the mindset of peace and avoid all the regional and tribal sentiments. 24 March 2013 Malakal Apostolic Administrator, Monsignor Roko Taban Musa appealed to South Sudanese to build good and strong relationships and remain in peace. [Ariik Atekdit] By Ariik Atekdit MALAKAL, 25 March 2013 [Gurtong] - Malakal Apostolic Administrator, Monsignor Roko Taban Musa said, “As we remember the entrance of our Lord Jesus Christ to the City of Jerusalem, we asked God to bring us peace and defeat all kind of evils that can lead us to wrongdoings.” He appealed to South Sudanese to build good and strong relationships among themselves to remain in peace now and forever. “We must liberate ourselves from regional and tribal ideas. We must think as people from one country and as South Sudanese. Let us think as faithful that believe in one God,” Roko said. Speaking in the homily of Palm Sunday Roko said the son of God, Jesus Christ defeated death and the suffering on the cross; adding that if South Sudanese have strong faith they can defeat all kind of differences. On Palm Sunday Christians celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the week before his death and resurrection. For many Christian churches, Palm Sunday, often referred to as "Passion Sunday," marks the beginning of Holy Week, which concludes on Easter Sunday. The Bible reveals that when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the crowds greeted him by waving palm branches and covering his path with palm branches immediately following this great time of celebration in the ministry. Roko said it is very important that during the Holy Week all must seek for blessings from God and forgiveness. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
