Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi on Sunday reiterated his solidarity with the residents of the clashes-hit Lebanese south.

 “We told residents that our solidarity with them includes all their needs and the first outcry that we voice with them is: we don’t want a war that would destroy our homes, kill our children and displace us,” Al-Rahi said in the Sunday sermon.

“Heroism is not in igniting war through lethal weapons that have no heart or brain; heroism rather lies in making peace,” he added.

“War consumes hefty amounts of money for nothing, whereas peace feeds millions of hungry people. War stems from the pride of rulers and their tyrant interests, whereas peace comes from the heart of God,” Al-Rahi went on to say.