Join us on Good Friday, March 29, at 4PM at Faneuil Hall* Square to make it known: as Christians and people of faith, we demand a ceasefire now.

Good Friday, March 29, 4PM 1 Faneuil Hall* Sq, Boston, MA 02109 (map) RSVP at: https://bit.ly/goodfridayaction

This Holy Week, we follow in the steps of Jesus who resisted the forces of violence and oppression even to the point of death on a cross, and triumphed over them in his resurrection. On Good Friday, we remember and bear witness to Jesus’ suffering at the hands of the Roman Empire. This prophetic memory calls us to be in solidarity with Palestinians and all peoples who are suffering under occupation and systemic violence. On Good Friday, we will mourn the lives lost in Gaza, and take action to ensure this violence ends.

We will engage the narrative and symbols of Jesus’ confrontation with—and victory over—violence to demand that our government take this opportunity to confess, repent, and repair. We call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, unfettered aid to enter Gaza, an end to unrestricted funding for weapons of war to Israel, and a release of all hostages and prisoners.

We will gather to worship—with preaching, confession, song and ritual—and we will take action to proclaim to our city and to our political leaders that the time for a lasting ceasefire is now. We call on people of faith to stand alongside Palestinian Christians in their call to “reject all theologies and interpretations that legitimize the wars of the powerful” and to recognize a “God of the downtrodden and the oppressed, and a Jesus who rebuked the powerful and lifted up the marginalized.”

We are mindful of the history of Christian antisemitic violence during Holy Week, especially on Good Friday. On this day as we face the cross, we must reckon with the legacy of violence and colonization, committed in the name of Christianity, while we recommit to the liberating path of Jesus, who confronted empire and proclaimed, “Blessed are the peacemakers.”

The calls for a permanent ceasefire continue to grow, and the political establishment is finding it harder to ignore the will of people. The Biden administration is pushing for a “temporary truce” that does not take any responsibility for the United States’ role in the destruction of Gaza. We call on our nation’s representatives to live into the values they claim to support. We need a lasting ceasefire now.

This action is being planned by a group of clergy and faith leaders, many of whom are associated with Interfaith Ceasefire in Boston.

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