Beit Sahour is a predominantly Christian city near Bethlehem, and site of the fields where shepherds first heard news of Christ’s birth.
Like their neighbours in Bethlehem and Beit Jala, the people of Beit Sahour have been affected by construction of illegal settlements and the Separation Wall, which cuts them off from other parts of the West Bank.
God-with-us, you sit down in our midst. Nothing can separate us from your love — not towering concrete walls or the deep darkness between searchlights; not distance from friends or despair in our hearts that the world’s wrong cannot be changed. You are with our brothers crowded at the checkpoint, with our sisters witnessing for peace: you sit down in our midst. Born into poverty to displaced people living under occupation, you shared our human lives, and we know that your love can never be contained by the walls of separation. You sit down in our midst, God-with-us. Amen
Keep up to date with The Society of St Yves and support their work representing families affected by the route of the Separation Wall. The Society of St Yves is a Catholic human rights organisation working under the patronage of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem. It was founded in 1991 to help “the poor and the oppressed” according to the social doctrine of the Catholic Church.
