This week, many people and countries are marking and celebrating
International Women's Day. We give thanks for the sumud, the steadfast
resilience, of Palestinian women living under and trying to resist occupation
and the systemic violence it entails. We pray for Palestinian, Israeli and all
women and men who stand firm for equality, justice and right relationships.
Tonight, in the midst of Lent, Sabeel
will host a service in Gethsemane Church to pray for all who suffer from poverty,
natural disasters, marginalization, violence or whatever elements limit life.
Please pray for our world and all that it contains, that all may come to know
life in fullness, everywhere.
This Saturday the Catholic Scouts, with help from Sabeel , are organizing an egg hunt for children in
orphanages in Bethlehem and Jerusalem. We give thanks for those who work in
these orphanages and pray for the children who grow up there. We offer also our
prayers for all the children of Palestine and Israel, that they may grow up
into a hope-filled future.
As Bethlehem Bible College begins its "Christ at the
Checkpoint" conference, we give thanks for all those who will speak and
participate – as well as those who are organizing it. We pray that hearts and
minds will be moved, that new advocates will be born to speak out around the
world in the cause of justice and peace for this land and its peoples.
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