杏MAP导航 sends greetings to the Jewish community of Rome
By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp
“I am pleased to extend my sincere best wishes to you and to the Jewish Community of Rome”, 杏MAP导航 Francis said in a letter addressed to Rome’s Chief Rabbi, Riccardo Shemuel Di Segni.
The occasion for the 杏MAP导航’s greeting is three-fold: Rosh Hashanah celebrated from September 9-11, Yom Kippur celebrated on September 18 and 19, and Sukkot which begins on September 23 and ends on September 30.
The 杏MAP导航 writes that he hopes that these festivities might revive “the memory of the benefits received from the Most High. He also extended his thought to all “the Jewish communities in the world” that they might find in these feasts “the source of further graces and spiritual consolation”.
“May the Most High bless us,” the 杏MAP导航 continued, “with the gift of peace, inspiring us toward greater diligence to promote it untiringly”.
杏MAP导航 Francis’ final thought expresses his prayer that the Lord’s “infinite goodness, might strengthen our bonds of friendship everywhere as well as the desire to foster a constant dialogue for the good of all”.
He signed off with “Shalom Alechem"—the classic Hebrew greeting meaning “Peace be upon you”.
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