[Europe.justus] Fwd: Offerings for Haiti: A Prayer and Reminder

[Pierre Whalon]

From our own Bishop Jeffery...

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> De : "Devon Anderson, Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation" <e4gred at gmail.com>
> Date : 19 janvier 2010 00:35:26 HNEC
> À : bppwhalon at aol.com
> Objet : Offerings for Haiti: A Prayer and Reminder
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> Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation
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> January 18, 2010
> Dear Friend of EGR,
> 
> Almost one week after the devastating earthquake in Haiti our resolve is still the same.  People of faith are being called to compassionate action in two ways: pray and give. 
> 
> Below you will find a prayer offering for you, your parish or your diocese, from The Rt. Rev. Jeffery Rowthorn, Chaplain and Board member for EGR. We hope that you will share these prayers, use them and distribute them widely.  If you reprint them, please use the credit listed below. 
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> Secondly, GIVE. Please support Episcopal Relief and Development's Haiti Fund and the work they are doing to make a difference--right now--in Haiti. 
> Praying for Haiti in the Aftermath of the Earthquake
>       In grateful memory of Lisa Mbele-Mbong, Port-au-Prince, January 12, 2010
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> Reading          Mark 4: 35-41
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> On that day, when evening had come, Jesus said to them: "Let us go across to the other side.".... They took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in  the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" He woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. Jesus said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?" And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
>  
> Litany 
> (after each section of the litany the leader says the response in Creole or English and then the people repeat it)
>  
> For the faith of the people of Haiti, singing their hymns even as their hearts are breaking:
> Beni swa l'Eternel / Blessed be the Eternal One (repeated by all present)
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> For their selfless efforts to rescue loved ones and neighbors from the rubble:
> Response
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> For the assurance that the many who have died are not lost for ever but rest in the Lord:
> Response
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> For the God-given capacity to share the sufferings of others and to respond to their needs:
> Response
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> For the nations of the world putting aside their differences to unite in offering assistance:
> Response
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> For doctors and nurses, soldiers and relief workers, bringing help and hope to the needy:
> Response
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> For Episcopal and other relief agencies, gathering contributions and putting them to work:
> Response
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> For the healing and hope offered to all by Jesus Christ the Light of the World:
> Response
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> For "the love of God from which neither life, nor death, nor things present, nor things to come, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us":
> Response
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> Free Prayer  (either spoken or silent)
>  
> Concluding Prayer
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> Jesus, Savior in times of storm,
> when the waters of the deep are broken up
> and all the landmarks crumble before our eyes,
> come to our aid and hold us up.
> Support the people of Haiti at this time
> lest they sink in hopelessness and despair.
> Empower those who are responding to their need;
> uphold the bereaved in their grief;
> and let your light shine in the present darkness
> to lead us all to the city securely built on your love;
> In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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>  
>  "Our Father..." 
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> The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all. Amen. 
>  
> 
> Bishop Jeffrey Rowthorn, Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation
> January 15, 2010
> (also available for download at http://www.e4gr.org/haiti.html)
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