{"id":8725,"date":"2026-06-08T11:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=8725"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:42:23","slug":"a-prayer-request-from-our-cuban-friends-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=8725","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer Request from Our Cuban Friends, June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our sister meeting sent this request; If you are comfortable with directed prayer, please join them every night at 9:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Family of faith, our church invites you to join us in daily prayer during this Ordinary Time, every night at 9:00 pm.<\/strong><br><br>May the cry of His children move God&#8217;s miracles for our island.<br><br>Let us raise our prayers with one voice for our people and their churches.<br><br>\u201cGod, Father and Mother, in these moments when we as a people feel exhausted and discouraged by a harsh reality that drains our hopes, times when human misery surfaces as part of survival and when it may seem that our needs prevent us from recognizing our neighbor, we cry out to you, good God.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We humbly ask that your Church never cease to be that place of welcome, the space where all people are welcome, a great Easter table where they can find a place. God, may every need be transformed into a ministry of service and compassion, and may we be that great family that lives, weeps, accompanies, laughs, celebrates, prays, sings praises, and whispers of your presence in every corner where peace and justice are dreamed of.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We place this people before you, and make us, as a Church, proclaimers of hope, assuring us of your constant presence, which is manifested in service and in shared, proclaimed, and celebrated love. Allow us to announce the certainty that God has not abandoned Cuba nor\u2026 her people.<br><br>We cry out for peace, for an end to violence, wars, and greed, and we implore that, as your sons and daughters, we may be instruments of that peace, which comes hand in hand with justice and anticipates your eternal reign. To you be the glory, good God! 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