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A vigil for the Middle East - please sit with me

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AngryBirdsNoMore · 28/10/2023 00:12

For all those who will lose so much tonight and have lost so much in the last three weeks. I pray for civilians in Israel and Gaza.

I don’t want to argue, I’m exhausted by it all. I’m just lying silently in the dark, thinking (and praying) for them. Please sit with me.

🕯️

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Chocolata82 · 11/11/2023 14:10

How horrific. Just read that Gaza's largest hospital has lost power completely. 🙏

daylightplease · 10/11/2023 23:18

I have no god to pray to anymore but as I look out on the utter peace of an autumn lake at sunset I wish some of that peace for others who need it.

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AngryBirdsNoMore · 10/11/2023 22:58

I heard some beautiful prayers on Radio 3’s evensong yesterday.

One was along the lines of: we pray for those we have lost; those who we mourn and those whose names we will never know. 🕯️

I also pray one of the standard evensong collect prayers for those continuing to face uncertainty, loss and death: lighten our darkness, we beseech the O Lord, and save us from all perils and dangers of the night. 🕯️

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Defiantjazz · 05/11/2023 17:37

😔

HereForTheFreeLunch · 05/11/2023 12:40

🕯️ 💔

sleepwouldbenice · 05/11/2023 01:45

🤝😢😖

flufferknutter · 04/11/2023 12:20

🙏🏻🕊️

quantumbutterfly · 04/11/2023 11:47

🕊still here

Lonelycrab · 03/11/2023 22:37

@Parkingt111 peace and love to you, and thank you for all your wise words, they bring strength 🙏

Parkingt111 · 03/11/2023 21:37

I saw this and I remembered this thread
These children lit candles at a vigil outside the Al shifa hospital in Gaza today with a message to please stop the bombing
Tonight when we are privileged to be able to tuck our children safely in bed let us remember all those who are not

A vigil for the Middle East - please sit with me
ketchup07070 · 02/11/2023 22:10

@AngryBirdsNoMore Many thanks for this thread. I will pray each evening at around the same time. Bless you all x

ketchup07070 · 02/11/2023 22:05

I hope you are all well. I've been so deep in prayer for an hour, that I didn't check in here. Feeling more peaceful.

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AngryBirdsNoMore · 02/11/2023 21:26

ketchup07070 · 02/11/2023 13:50

Lighting candles and praying tonight between 9-10pm, for any who wish to join. I pray for peace, that all children will be comforted and safe, that all in pain - physical and emotional- will be healed and all humans to recognise each other's humanity.

🕯️

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lotus786 · 02/11/2023 21:17

Parkingt111 · 31/10/2023 08:59

CEASEFIRE NOW

Heartbreaking 💔

PerkingFaintly · 02/11/2023 21:16

Joining you, ketchup.

ketchup07070 · 02/11/2023 13:50

Lighting candles and praying tonight between 9-10pm, for any who wish to join. I pray for peace, that all children will be comforted and safe, that all in pain - physical and emotional- will be healed and all humans to recognise each other's humanity.

Parkingt111 · 31/10/2023 08:59

CEASEFIRE NOW

A vigil for the Middle East - please sit with me
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AngryBirdsNoMore · 30/10/2023 22:50

Please please please can the bombing in southern Gaza and the West Bank stop, and hostages be released and electricity restored, at the very least 🕯️

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Defiantjazz · 30/10/2023 22:07

🙏🏻

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AngryBirdsNoMore · 30/10/2023 20:46

PerkingFaintly · 30/10/2023 18:33

Just come to spend a few more minutes sitting here quietly with you this evening. Thinking of those suffering pain, fear, loss, and horror.

Thank you. I’m doing the same, just having a quiet moment sitting in the dark. I’m thinking about the horrific human stories coming out of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, and meditating on the hope that the leaders of all countries will realise the need to stop the killings and for humanity to win.

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PerkingFaintly · 30/10/2023 18:33

Just come to spend a few more minutes sitting here quietly with you this evening. Thinking of those suffering pain, fear, loss, and horror.

Chocolata82 · 30/10/2023 06:59

Praying for all the civilians in Gaza and especially around the main hospital which they fear could be a target housing 1400 people. I'm also thinking about all the Jewish families where another day has passed without their loved ones 💔 🙏

Lonelycrab · 30/10/2023 05:19

🙏😥

Gruffling · 30/10/2023 01:11

<lights candle>

Thinking of all of the civilians who have been killed in Israel and Gaza and those still in danger and those mourning. Praying for peace.

sleepwouldbenice · 30/10/2023 00:02

Thank you for this. I am here
Such pain and suffering for all

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