Just days before Israel was founded.
Encyclical Letter AUSPICIA QUAEDAM, 12-19.
"But there is
another special reason today which brings affliction and keen anxiety to
our hearts. We mean to refer to the Holy Places of Palestine, which
have long been disturbed.
Indeed, if there
exists any place that ought to be most dear to every cultured person,
surely it is Palestine, where, from the dawn of antiquity, such great
light of truth shone for all men, where the Word of God made flesh
announced, through the angels' choir, peace to all men; where, finally,
Christ hanging on the Cross acquired salvation for all mankind, with
arms outstretched as if He were inviting all nations to fraternal
harmony; and where He consecrated His precept of charity with the
shedding of His blood.
We desire, therefore,
Venerable Brethren, that supplications be poured forth to the Most Holy
Virgin for this request: that the situation in Palestine may at long
last be settled justly and thereby concord and peace be also happily
established.
We place great confidence in the
most powerful patronage of Our Heavenly Mother- a patronage which,
during this month dedicated to her, innocent children especially will
implore in a holy crusade of prayer.
It will be
precisely your task to invite and stimulate them with all diligence -
not only children but also fathers and mothers, who in great numbers
should give them leadership and example.
We
know well that We have never appealed in vain to the ardent zeal which
inflames your hearts. That is why We seem to enjoy already the sight of
dense multitudes of children, of men and women, crowding the churches to
beg from the great Mother of God all the graces and favors of which we
stand in need.
May she, who has given us Jesus,
obtain for us that all those who have wandered from the path of
rectitude may straightway return to Him, moved by salutary contrition.
May she obtain for us - she is our kindest Mother, who has shown
herself always, in the face of every danger, our powerful helper and
channel of grace - may she obtain for us, We say, that even in the midst
of the grievous need surrounding us a just solution will be found for
disputes, and that a firm and free peace will finally dawn resplendent
for the Church and for all nations.
-Pius XII
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