{"id":511542,"date":"2025-01-01T13:38:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T11:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=511542"},"modified":"2025-01-01T13:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T11:41:21","slug":"southern-bessarabia-bishop-christmas-pastoral-letter-compassion-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/southern-bessarabia-bishop-christmas-pastoral-letter-compassion-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop of Southern Bessarabia&#8217;s Christmas pastoral letter: A call to compassion and unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In his pastoral letter for Christmas, which is celebrated in the Metropolis of Bessarabia on January 7 according to the unrevised Julian calendar, Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia urged believers to embody God&#8217;s compassionate love for those in suffering.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cL<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">et us become the hands of <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">God\u2019s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> merciful love for our <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">neighbors<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in distress, and like the healing saints we have invoked throughout 2024, let us pray for the sick,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the Bishop encouraged.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bringing Healing Through Christ<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Bishop called on the faithful to guide those in need to Christ, the healer of both body and soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cL<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">et us bring them to Christ, the doctor of our souls and bodies, laying them at His feet so that, by His touch, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">they may be healed<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> of all their illnesses and quench their hunger and thirst for Him,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Unity Among Brothers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bishop Veniamin prayed for increased love and unity among people and urged the multiplication of good deeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cW<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">e invite the Infant Jesus into our lives to help us preserve love and unity among brothers, to multiply good works, and to protect us from those who seek to divide us and steal our identity and history. These forces aim to keep us in the darkness of well-disguised ideologies, distorting historical truth and the hardships endured by Bessarabia over the past two centuries,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">he cautioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Overcoming Challenges with Faith<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Bishop expressed confidence in divine assistance to overcome current national difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cW<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">e trust that God will help us navigate the challenges our country faces and affirm with dignity that we are the descendants of a proud lineage\u2014rulers who built holy places and culture, defenders of faith at the gates of Europe, inspired and supported by God in our <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">endeavors<\/span><span 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