Our call is simply for a moment of humility and reflection
Believers can take a moment in prayer to consider Jerusalem in humility before God.
Confess with us that we are wrong to place ourselves in judgment upon others and affirm that judgment is God’s alone.
For those who do not hold to Christian, Muslim or Jewish beliefs, consider how Jerusalem affects us all.
Pause to reflect on the city as a place that calls humanity to step beyond the mundane and material.
We invite all to take a moment and to step back from the certainty of political ideology. In quiet reflection, appreciate the temporal nature of human life and the limitations of our knowledge.
Let Jerusalem stand for what it truly is: a place to consider what is beyond our mortal existence and a city that represents a shared vision of peace and fraternity.
Organisations and Initiatives
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Mike Horswell, Práticas da História, n.º 9 (2019): 19-58
Carl Stauffer, Eastern Mennonite University
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Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector.
The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, “God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.”
But the tax-collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.
GOSPEL OF LUKE 18:10-14
