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A blessing<\/h3>\n

Bless, O God, all who dedicate their powers today
\n      to the making of peace in the world;
\nbless all who give their training and experience
\n      to feed and clothe and house the destitute;
\nbless all who lend their energies and skills
\n      to teach impoverished people to till, water and harvest their land.
\nAnd give us all a lively concern for the underprivileged,
\n      and show us practical ways for helping.
\nFor Christ\u2019s sake.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

~ written by Rita Snowden<\/strong>, posted on re:worship<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  A blessing Bless, O God, all who dedicate their powers today       to the making of peace in the world; bless all who give their training and experience       to feed and clothe and house the destitute; bless all who lend their energies and skills       to teach impoverished people to till, water and harvest their land. … Continue reading “Lively concern”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61],"tags":[198],"class_list":["post-11433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blessing","tag-alive"],"yoast_head":"\nLively concern - 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