{"id":17241,"date":"2026-05-22T22:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=17241"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:12:05","slug":"theme-for-november-2025-peace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-november-2025-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for November 2025: Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .rt-holder .rt-woo-info .price{color:#0367bf;}body .rt-tpg-container .rt-tpg-isotope-buttons .selected,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-2291488926 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-2291488926 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-2291488926.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2291488926 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-2291488926'   data-layout='layout12' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='17229'><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader   layout12 tpg-even '><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"16771\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16771\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/05\/people-of-peace\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/leaf_shrouded.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"People of peace\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16771\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/05\/people-of-peace\/\">People of peace<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; A prayer for Remembrance Day On this day of memory we gather to sing and to pray, we remember the past and look to the future. On this day when the guns once fell silent, we come before you God, seeking Your peace. On this day of hope in the face of terror, we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/05\/people-of-peace\/\">Continue reading \"People of peace\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"16055\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16055\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/10\/lament-for-peace-and-justice\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/salon_interior_bergselaan.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Lament for peace and justice\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16055\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/10\/lament-for-peace-and-justice\/\">Lament for peace and justice<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Prayer of Lament To the One who calls us Beloved, we bring hurting hearts to you this morning, our fearfulness, and our worry. Our anger. Our world is not as it should be. The ones with power make decisions for their own benefit. In a show of might, they flirt with war and destruction but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/10\/lament-for-peace-and-justice\/\">Continue reading \"Lament for peace and justice\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"16791\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16791\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/17\/peace-that-makes-whole\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/holy_spirt_guesthouse.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Peace that makes whole\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16791\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/17\/peace-that-makes-whole\/\">Peace that makes whole<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Holy Spirit Guest House, Groningen &nbsp; &#8220;The fruit of the Spirit is &#8230; peace &#8230;&#8221; (Galatians 5:22) &nbsp; A prayer Lord, create in me a love for peace; not peace that is the absence of struggle, not peace that is blind to injustice, but peace that makes whole what is now broken. &nbsp; from The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/17\/peace-that-makes-whole\/\">Continue reading \"Peace that makes whole\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"16808\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16808\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/25\/people-cry-peace\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dangling_reflections.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"People cry \u201cpeace\u201d\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16808\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/25\/people-cry-peace\/\">People cry &#8220;peace&#8221;<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; Prayer of Confession inspired by Jeremiah 6:13-16 O Lord, All around us people cry \u201cpeace\u201d when there is no peace. How can there be peace when voices are silenced, people suffer, and rights are denied? How can there be peace when bombs are falling, countries are at war, and justice is denied? O Lord, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/11\/25\/people-cry-peace\/\">Continue reading \"People cry &#8220;peace&#8221;\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17241","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Theme for November 2025: Peace - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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