Answering the invitation from Cardinal Pierbattista, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, who wrote: “The pain and dismay at what is happening is great. Once again we find ourselves in the midst of a political and military crisis. We have suddenly been catapulted into a sea of unprecedented violence. The hatred, which we have unfortunately already been experiencing for too long, will increase even more, and the ensuing spiral of violence will create more destruction. Everything seems to speak of death.” “On behalf of all the Ordinaries of the Holy Land, I invite all parishes and religious communities to a day of fasting and prayer for peace and reconciliation. We ask that on Tuesday, Oct. 17, everyone hold a day of fasting, abstinence, and prayer. Let us organize prayer times with Eucharistic adoration and with the recitation of the Rosary to Our Blessed Virgin Mary.” St. Thomas is answering this invitation with two times of communal prayer on Tuesday, October 17, in union with churches and dioceses around the world: 1:00-2:00pm 7:30-8:30pm