Rev. Dr. David Mark Neuhaus, S.J., a professor of Sacred Scripture and a respected scholar in both Israel and Palestine, was the second speaker of the event “A Journey of Hope,” held at The Lay Centre in Rome, on May 27. He spoke under the heavy shadow of grief. Fr. Neuhaus recounted the recent bombing in Khan Yunis, Gaza, where a woman named Ilal Najar lost nine of her ten children while she was away serving as a hospital nurse.
With quiet intensity, he described a world that feels increasingly stripped of mercy and empathy—a world where the lights of hope have been extinguished, one by one.
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As part of the ongoing Jubilee Year celebrations, The Lay Centre invited three speakers from the Holy Land to explore hope not as an abstract concept, but as a tangible, lived experience. Watch his full contribution below.
Photo: Biagio Tamarazzo
