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Letters to AO

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Letters from 29 October to 4 November 2012

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Prayer for all victims of natural disasters

It is always a call to prayer when we hear of our sisters and brothers in Christ under threat from natural phenomena. We think of the eathquakes in New Zealand and not so long ago the devastating bushfires that took 173 lives here. These disasters remind us of the frailty of all flesh and our constant need to rely on God as our creator, saviour and comforter.

May the Lord be with those in the path of the hurricane.

Robert Munton
Uniting Church in Australia
Point Cook, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
29 October 2012

You lightning and clouds, bless the Lord

The Benedicite Omnia Opera is one of my favorite pieces of choral music to sing; setting by Leo Sowerby. This week has been hard for millions of people here in the US. The piece by Sowerby is multi-layered, a display of joy upon gladness... and thoroughly appropriate for this latest disaster.

Michelle C Jackson
Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento
Elk Grove California, USA
astraeus@accessbee.com
30 October 2012

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Earlier letters

We launched our 'Letters to AO' section on 11 May 2003. All published letters are in our archives.

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