Currently, we are in absolute chaos. Yesterday we heard bombing – we didn't know where it was coming from, who and what was bombing, no one informed us... When the rockets hit us, we die immediately. If they don't hit us, the next morning we have to determine where they fell – if in our area, then find out what happened and who we need to look for. It is utter confusion; everyone is fighting against everyone.
We have one certainty: The Lord suffers with us, and the time of the cross and misunderstanding is not a time to ask questions, but a time of suffering or better, a time for intimate surrender to God. In a situation of doubt and confusion, it is best to open the eyes of the heart, to watch its beating, in which the voice of the Lord, our guide, sounds.
(P. Ibrahim Alsabagh OFM, pastor in Aleppo, Syria,
witness from the war, April 22, 2016)
