People, sometimes, think: "the Lord has abandoned us! He has forgotten us" (Is. 49:14. And God answers with the words of the great prophet: "can a woman forget her own baby, and not love the child she bore? Even if a mother should forget her child, I will never forget you. I have written your name on the palms of my hands" (Is. 49: 15-16).
Yes, on the palms of the hands of Christ, pierced by the nails of the crucifixion. The name of each one of you is written on those palms.
Therefore, with full confidence we cry out: "the Lord is our help and our shield. In him do our hearts find joy. We trust in his Holy Name" (Ps. 28:7) Amen.
(Prayer of John Paul II duirnh his short visit in Khartoum on February 10, 1993 expressing his solidarity with the persecuted Christians in the Sudan.)
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