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We, bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches in the United States, gathered in prayer and dialogue at our annual assembly in St. Louis, express solidarity with our longsuffering brothers and sisters representing different confessions in countries where our communities originate. We are anguished by the passion they are enduring on account of war, persecution, assault against human dignity, and violation of personal and religious liberty.
On March 25 we, as a Church, celebrate the feast of the Annunciation. This feast
is the fountainhead of our salvation and the revelation of the mystery that was planned from all eternity: the Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin and Gabriel announces this grace” (Tropar of the Feast — March 25). This feast of the Annunciation manifests the great plan God has for our salvation and the willingness of God to wait upon the response of Mary, the handmaid of the Lord. |