{"id":3952,"date":"2023-03-13T09:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T13:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/?p=3952"},"modified":"2023-03-13T14:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:55:38","slug":"spiritual-significance-of-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/spiritual-significance-of-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spiritual Significance of Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3928\" style=\"width: 745px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3928\" class=\"wp-image-3928\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2023\/03\/Jerusalem-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"Spiritual significance of Jerusalem. Photo of Jerusalem by Avram Gracier via Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"735\" height=\"465\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Jerusalem by Avram Gracier via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On March 9, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2023\/march\/documents\/20230309-jointworking-dialogue.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Francis greeted the Joint Working Group for Dialogue<\/a>\u00a0between the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Palestine Commission for Interreligious Dialogue. The theme of the meeting was the spiritual significance of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"embedpress-document-embed ose-document ep-doc-d7fcf3f3b136871a304a78937b86779c\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 725px;; max-width:100%; display: block\">\n                                    <iframe title=\"Dialogue\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 725px;; max-width:100%; display: inline-block\" data-emsrc=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2023\/03\/Dialogue.pdf\" data-emid=\"embedpress-pdf-shortcode\" class=\"embedpress-embed-document-pdf embedpress-pdf-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=get_viewer&#038;file=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.shu.edu%2Flawrencefrizzell%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F03%2FDialogue.pdf#key=dGhlbWVNb2RlPWRlZmF1bHQmdG9vbGJhcj10cnVlJmxhenlMb2FkPWZhbHNlJnBvc2l0aW9uPXRvcCZwcmVzZW50YXRpb249dHJ1ZSZkb3dubG9hZD10cnVlJmNvcHlfdGV4dD10cnVlJmFkZF90ZXh0PXRydWUmZHJhdz10cnVlJmRvY19yb3RhdGlvbj10cnVlJmFkZF9pbWFnZT10cnVlJmRvY19kZXRhaWxzPXRydWUmc2VsZWN0aW9uX3Rvb2w9MCZzY3JvbGxpbmc9LTEmc3ByZWFkcz0tMSZ6b29tX2luPXRydWUmem9vbV9vdXQ9dHJ1ZSZmaXRfdmlldz10cnVlJmJvb2ttYXJrPXRydWUmc291bmQ9dHJ1ZSZmbGlwYm9va190b29sYmFyX3Bvc2l0aW9uPWJvdHRvbSZwYWdlTnVtYmVyPTEmd2F0ZXJtYXJrX3RleHQ9JndhdGVybWFya19mb250X3NpemU9NDgmd2F0ZXJtYXJrX2NvbG9yPSUyMzAwMDAwMCZ3YXRlcm1hcmtfb3BhY2l0eT0xNSZ3YXRlcm1hcmtfc3R5bGU9Y2VudGVy\" frameborder=\"0\">\n                        <\/iframe>\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis notes that Jerusalem is \u201cthe Holy City for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike.\u201d May this exchange become part of a wider search for the peace that is related to the traditional etymology of Jerusalem as the \u201cCity of Peace.\u201d As the dual form of the Hebrew word <em>Yerusalaim<\/em> indicates, the Biblical model is the heavenly Jerusalem. The human challenge is for good will among peoples of faith to bring this ideal into our world!<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Working Group for Dialogue is based on the following Memorandum of Understanding signed by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Shaykh Mahmoud Al-Habbash on December 6, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>        <div class=\"embedpress-document-embed ose-document ep-doc-d7fcf3f3b136871a304a78937b86779c\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 725px;; max-width:100%; display: block\">\n                                    <iframe title=\"Memo of Understanding\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 725px;; max-width:100%; display: inline-block\" data-emsrc=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2023\/03\/Memo-of-Understanding.pdf\" data-emid=\"embedpress-pdf-shortcode\" class=\"embedpress-embed-document-pdf embedpress-pdf-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=get_viewer&#038;file=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.shu.edu%2Flawrencefrizzell%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F03%2FMemo-of-Understanding.pdf#key=dGhlbWVNb2RlPWRlZmF1bHQmdG9vbGJhcj10cnVlJmxhenlMb2FkPWZhbHNlJnBvc2l0aW9uPXRvcCZwcmVzZW50YXRpb249dHJ1ZSZkb3dubG9hZD10cnVlJmNvcHlfdGV4dD10cnVlJmFkZF90ZXh0PXRydWUmZHJhdz10cnVlJmRvY19yb3RhdGlvbj10cnVlJmFkZF9pbWFnZT10cnVlJmRvY19kZXRhaWxzPXRydWUmc2VsZWN0aW9uX3Rvb2w9MCZzY3JvbGxpbmc9LTEmc3ByZWFkcz0tMSZ6b29tX2luPXRydWUmem9vbV9vdXQ9dHJ1ZSZmaXRfdmlldz10cnVlJmJvb2ttYXJrPXRydWUmc291bmQ9dHJ1ZSZmbGlwYm9va190b29sYmFyX3Bvc2l0aW9uPWJvdHRvbSZwYWdlTnVtYmVyPTEmd2F0ZXJtYXJrX3RleHQ9JndhdGVybWFya19mb250X3NpemU9NDgmd2F0ZXJtYXJrX2NvbG9yPSUyMzAwMDAwMCZ3YXRlcm1hcmtfb3BhY2l0eT0xNSZ3YXRlcm1hcmtfc3R5bGU9Y2VudGVy\" frameborder=\"0\">\n                        <\/iframe>\n                            <\/div>\n\n<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>May this and all common efforts to share hope for peace contribute to a deeper understanding among adherents to the three faiths originating in the Middle East!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 9, Pope Francis greeted the Joint Working Group for Dialogue\u00a0between the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Palestine Commission for Interreligious Dialogue. 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