{"id":22137,"date":"2016-04-01T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T00:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/?p=22137"},"modified":"2016-03-29T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T16:58:33","slug":"april-hop-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/april-hop-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"April HOP 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HOP-English-April-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">English hop 2016 <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HOP-Spanish-April-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish HOP 2016<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Earth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22131\" src=\"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Earth-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Earth\" width=\"421\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We pray with the Church and the World<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><b>\u00a0<\/b>That small farmers may receive a just reward for their precious labour.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<i><strong>Pope Francis<\/strong> has told farmers that in a world marked by wastefulness and extreme climate change, they have the important vocation of caring for the earth and providing for all of humanity.\u00a0\u201cCare for the earth, making alliance with it, in order that it may continue to be, as God wants, the source of life for the entire human family,\u201d <\/i>\r\n\r\n<b>\u00a0<\/b>Evangelization:\u00a0That Christians in Africa may give witness to love and faith in Jesus Christ amid political-religious conflicts.\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><b>2nd April World Autism Awareness Day: <\/b>Acknowledging vulnerability and fragility\u2026. We pray that in all our ministries, children and adults with disabilities may enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity, promote self reliance and full enjoyment of human rights\u00a0 on an equal basis with others.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><b>22<\/b><b><sup>nd<\/sup><\/b><b> April International Mother Earth Day: <\/b>\u201cEvery farmer knows well how it becomes more difficult to till the land at a time of accelerated climate change\u201d.\u00a0We pray to consciously make a difference by our care for the earth.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We pray with the Institute<\/span><\/h2>\r\nWe pray for <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Linda Charles<\/span> our new Province Leader in Mauritius\u00a0 that she and the members of the Mauritian Province may continue to respond with openness to the challenges of\u00a0 our world today.\r\n\r\nWe remember in prayer \u00a0all who are persecuted for their faith and have lost their lives as a result of violence and war, especially in Syria, Yemen and Brussels.\r\n\r\nWe pray for those who have lost their homes and are seeking refuge in other countries.\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Together we pray<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<b>Call 5: <\/b>That we may let the calls beckon us to change and stretch us to move across boundaries\u2026be it mentally, physically or psychologically\u2026.\r\n\r\nConst 2:5 <i>&#8216;With single-hearted commitment of love, we willingly accept availability and mobility\u2026holding ourselves open to undertake in obedience whatever is for the greater glory of God and the good of our neighbour\u2019. <\/i>\r\n\r\nConst 2:9 <i>&#8216;We commit ourselves to building right relations with the earth and all creation allowing ourselves and our ministries to be transformed by what this demands.&#8217;<\/i>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Opening of Eyes<\/span><\/h2>\r\nThat day I saw beneath dark clouds the passing light over the water and I heard the voice of the world speak out, I knew then, as I had before life is no passing memory of what has been nor the remaining pages in a great book waiting to be read.\r\n\r\nIt is the opening of eyes long closed.\r\n\r\nIt is the vision of far off things seen for the silence they hold.\r\n\r\nIt is the heart after years of secret conversing speaking out loud in the clear air.\r\n\r\nIt is Moses in the desert fallen to his knees before the lit bush.\r\n\r\nIt is the man throwing away his shoes as if to enter heaven and finding himself astonished, opened at last, fallen in love with solid ground.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">David Whyte<\/span><\/strong>?from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidwhyte.com\/songs.html\"><i>Songs for Coming Home<\/i><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Pope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22130\" src=\"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Pope-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Pope\" width=\"457\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Pope-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Pope.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/>\r\n<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English hop 2016 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spanish HOP 2016 &nbsp; 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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We pray with the Church and the World \u00a0That small farmers may receive a just reward for their precious labour. Pope Francis has told farmers that in a world marked by wastefulness and extreme climate change, they have the important vocation of caring for the earth and..","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22139,"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22137\/revisions\/22139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibvm.org.uk\/new4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}