{"id":31375,"date":"2014-08-14T07:30:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T11:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=31375"},"modified":"2014-08-14T07:30:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T11:30:08","slug":"pray-for-peace-in-iraq-sunday-august-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2014\/08\/pray-for-peace-in-iraq-sunday-august-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray for peace in Iraq Sunday, August 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/girl-in-prayer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-31376 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/girl-in-prayer-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"girl in prayer\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/girl-in-prayer-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/girl-in-prayer.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The chairman of the Committee of International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, asked us to pray for peace in Iraq on Sunday, August 17.<\/p>\n<p>The prayer noted below was written by the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Iraq, His Beatitude Louis Rafael Sako.<\/p>\n<p>On arriving in Korea today, Pope Francis continued his call for peace in the Middle East, he prayed for a soul of a journalist killed in Gaza and for peace among Asian nations. Not long ago he said: \u201cviolence generates more violence; dialogue is the only path to peace.\u201d Prayer is the key to good public order.<\/p>\n<p>Join us in prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Lord,<br \/>\nThe plight of our country<br \/>\nis deep and the suffering of Christians<br \/>\nis severe and frightening.<br \/>\nTherefore, we ask you Lord<br \/>\nto spare our lives, and to grant us patience,<br \/>\nand courage to continue our witness of Christian values<br \/>\nwith trust and hope.<br \/>\nLord, peace is the foundation of life;<br \/>\nGrant us the peace and stability that will enable us<br \/>\nto live with each other without fear and anxiety,<br \/>\nand with dignity and joy.<br \/>\nGlory be to you forever<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chairman of the Committee of International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, asked us to pray for peace in Iraq on Sunday, August 17. The prayer noted below was written by the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Iraq, His Beatitude Louis Rafael &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2014\/08\/pray-for-peace-in-iraq-sunday-august-17\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pray for peace in Iraq Sunday, August 17<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[2195,32107],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31377,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31375\/revisions\/31377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}