At Camp David, America, Presidents Carter and Sadat and Prime Minister Begin are working for the peace in the Middle East.
All the men are hungry and thirsty of peace; mainly the poor who are those that lose and suffer more in conflicts and wars; that’ s why they watch with interest and great hope the meeting of Camp David. Even the Pope has prayed, he exhorted to pray and continues praying so that the Lord deigns to attend the efforts of these politicians.
I was very well impressed due to the fact that the three Presidents have wanted to show in public their hope in the Lord through the prayer. President Sadat’ s brothers in religion usually say: 'in a black night, there is a black stone and, on the stone, an insignificant ant; but God sees it, He does not forget it'. He, President Carter, who is a fervent Christian, reads in the Gospel: 'Call and you will be opened, ask and you will be given. Even a hair of your head will fall without your Father' s Will who is in Heaven' and Premier Begin remembers that Hebrews once went through difficult moments and went to the Lord regretting and saying: 'You have left us, You have forgotten us'. 'No, I haven’ t', God answered by means of the prophet Isaiah: 'Can a mother ever forget her son? But if this happened, God will never forget His people'.
Those who are here we have the same feelings; we are an object of an endless love of God. We know that He always has His eyes fixed on us, also when it seems to us that it is at night. God is Father, even more, is mother. He does not want our evil; He only wants to make us the good, to all. And children, if they are ill, they have more reason so that the mother loves them.
We, in the same way, in case we are ill of malice, outside the way, we have a title more to be loved by the Lord.
With these feelings, I invite you to pray together with the Pope for each one of us, for the Middle East, for Iran, for the whole world.
