Kairos
Palestine is celebrating its 7th anniversary on the 8th and 9th of December in
Dar Annadwa International Center of Bethlehem under the title ‘Faith, Sumud,
Creative Resistance!’ (Sumud means steadfastness in Arabic.)
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· Lord, we pray for the Kairos Conference in Bethlehem that it may be a reflective and motivating time for its local and international participants. Lord in your mercy…
We are
grateful to have the chance to experience another Advent, and celebrate the
coming of Jesus Christ into the world.
· Lord we pray that the Christmas Message we published this week will inspire action and conversations around the world this holiday season (Available at http://sabeel.org/2016/12/02/4438/). Lord in your mercy…
Sabeel will hold several local programs during the
Advent season: a) an Ecumenical Worship in Nazareth, b) Community Bible
Studies, c) two solidarity visits to homes for children and the elderly, and d)
an Ecumenical dinner in Jerusalem bringing together the Christian Community to
celebrate Christmas.
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Lord,
we thank you for the beginning of Advent this weekend – for valuing humanity
enough to become one of us, for taking on flesh and teaching us how to
love. God, we ask for your guidance so that we not only reflect on this
time with hope, joy, peace, and love, but also act upon it.
Lord in your mercy…
This week in Bethlehem,
Ramallah, Nazareth, Shefa 'Amre and other towns and cities in Palestine and
Israel, Christmas tree lightings were held for the whole community to enjoy.
The tree lightings included the many Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land
to rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Lord,
as we reflect on Advent and the love of God, we pray that the pilgrims’ eyes
will be opened to the reality around them, where the Palestinians suffer from
occupation and oppression by the State of Israel. We pray that your love
will give light to the darkness. Lord in your mercy…
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