Prayers for Peacemakers, March 6, 2013

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  Epixel* for March 10, 2013

 

You are a hiding place for
me; you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance.  -Psalm 32:7

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

Photo: Women at Sexual Assault Center, Kenora, Ontario, Canada

Prayers for Peacemakers, March 6, 2013

Pray for strength for First
Nations women in leadership roles in their communities and in grass roots social
justice work. Pray for Canadian settlers to effectively deter the colonial
oppression of predatory sexual assault by non-native men against First Nations
women.

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