Indigenous Peoples Solidarity, Lectionary, Prayers

Prayers for Peacemakers, March 6, 2013

By demo

March 6, 2013

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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