All we are saying is give peace a chance

Bishop Anne encourages us to continue to pray for peace in Jerusalem and remember all those caught up in the current conflict in Israel and Gaza.
 

A prayer written by Archbishop Hosam Naoum of Jerusalem
 
O God of all justice and peace, we cry out to you in the midst of the pain and trauma of violence and fear which prevails in the Holy Land. 
Be with those who need you in these days of suffering; we pray for people of all faiths - Jews, Muslims and Christians, and for all people of the land.
While we pray to you, O Lord, for an end to violence and the establishment of peace, we also call to you to bring justice and equity to the peoples.
Guide us into your kingdom where all people are treated with dignity and honour as your children - for to all of us you are our Heavenly Father. In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

The doves, a symbol of peace, are in the Valentine window of the lady chapel. It tells the story of Jesus’s presentation at the temple as recorded in Luke 2:22-38. Simeon and Anna recognised him as the Promised One.