Catholic Parish Priest of Gaza: “The Resurrection begins ...- Jellyfish.NEWS

Catholic Parish Priest of Gaza: “The Resurrection begins again from our Calvary in Palestine”

In the cover image the Risen Christ by Piero della Francesca and the parish priest…

VT Foreign Policy

Fr. Gabriel Romanelli of the Holy Family Church reflects on the hope for peace that lies hidden in the Calvary of Gaza

Jerusalem, three days after the massacre. Calvary remains a place of disaster: crosses, hammers, nails, ropes. The morning dew covers the wildflowers growing among the stones.

Silence. Broken stones. Endless solitude. It seems that everything is over. From there, God “departed” from the Earth, though He never truly left it.

The Most Holy Soul of the Redeemer separated from His Body right there, on Calvary, on that day of darkness, around three in the afternoon. Three days have passed since that disaster… and yet, very close by… there is the place of the true new beginning of Humanity: the Tomb of Christ.

Yes, but the tomb is already empty! He has emerged alive, He is resurrected, and He will never return there. As for the Calvary of Gaza, today it is also a disaster: so many dead!