By Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, a liturgy of lament, Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church Bethlehem, Saturday December 23rd, 2023. Originally posted to the church’s social media page.

We are angry…

We are broken…

This should have been a time of joy; instead, we are mourning. We are fearful.

20,000 killed. Thousands under the rubble still. Close to 9,000 children killed in the most brutal ways. Day after day after day. 1.9 million displaced! Hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed. Gaza as we know it no longer exists. This is an annihilation. A genocide.

The world is watching; Churches are watching. Gazans are sending live images of their own execution. Maybe the world cares? But it goes on…

We are asking, could this be our fate in Bethlehem? In Ramallah? In Jenin? Is this our destiny too?

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