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Getting Involved: Resources for Catholics
Below are links
to worship resources available for members of the Catholic church who would
like to participate in the Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia. These prayers
and sermons are available as samples so please feel free to adapt them for use
in your congregation or community.
U.S. and Colombian
Catholic Church Leaders Speak Out
"In Solidarity with
Colombia" by Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services
Days of Prayer and Action Page
2008 Update
on Colombia from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Jesuit Solidarity
with Colombia, provided by The Jesuit Conference USA and the Oregon Jesuit
Province
"Seeking
Peace in Colombia" report released by Pax Christi International, provided
by the Pax Christi USA
Catholic Peacebuilding
in Colombia, provided by The Catholic Peacebuilding Network, Notre Dame
University
Reflective Quotes from Catholic
Church Leaders, provided by Catholic Relief Services (pdf)
Fact Sheet & Efforts by the Catholic
Church, by Catholic Relief Services (pdf)
Colombia:
Background, prayer and a call to action for Catholics, by Education for
Justice, a Catholic social justice organization (pdf)
Caritas
Internationalis Network: Peace is Possible in Colombia Campaign, provided
by Caritas Internationalis
Prayer
of Saint Francis of Assisi
Catholic and Protestant religious and clergy have been integrally engaged in
meeting the needs the Colombian people across the country, working often at
risk of their own lives, to accompany and aid the victims of this brutal conflict.
Adapting the Prayer of St. Francis, Monseñor Pedro Rubiano Sáenz,
the Cardinal of Colombia and Archbishop of Bogotá, expresses his hope
for peace in the following words, which we may now read in unison.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Make us instruments of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let us sow love,
Where there is injury, let us offer pardon;
Where there is discord, let us build peace.
Oh Divine Lord, You taught us that those
Who work for peace are called the children of God.
Help us to persist in establishing justice and truth
As firm and lasting foundations of peace.
Lord, You offer us peace as a gift and as
A responsibility that we must realize with your help;
Give us the grace to reach out toward peace,
Help us have attitudes of peace,
That our words be words of peace,
That we realize works of peace,
And that we may build the peace that we
And our nations need. Amen.