Prayers for Peacemakers, December 5, 2012

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Epixel* for December 9, 2012

He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming
a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it
is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,
“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the
way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’ ”    -Luke 3:3-4

*epixel: a snapshot-epistle to the churches related to and
appearing with a text from the upcoming Sunday’s Revised
Common Lectionary readings.

Prayers for Peacemakers, December 5, 2012

Pray for the 125,000 disabled residents of Iraqi Kurdistan, for six of them fasting in a tent in front of parliament and for the regional authorities to hear and respond to their just demands for better conditions.

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