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Week of Prayer and Fasting for Peace Episcopal Peace Fellowship
6th January 2020 - 12th January 2020
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship calls on Episcopalians and all people of good will to join together for a week of fasting and prayer for peace with Iran. The fast begins on the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6, 2020) and will end on the First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ (January 12, 2020.) As we once more receive the Prince of Peace into our lives this Christmas and renew our own baptismal commitments to respect the dignity of all persons, let us together join in solemn prayer and spiritual practice with the intention of peace in the whole world, but especially between the United States and Iran during this time of heightened anxiety.
Fasting is an ancient spiritual discipline which expresses a desire for contrition and an openness for change. You are invited to fast from something meaningful to you (whether a meal, social media, coffee, etc.) and set the intention of your fast for peace. You are also invited to join together in prayer and other spiritual practices for peace throughout the whole world. Resources to support your prayer are provided below. The Book of Common Prayer especially commends The Supplication (BCP, 154) for “times of war, or of national anxiety, or of disaster.”
May the Prince of Peace whose glory is revealed to all nations fashion us into a people of peace with justice throughout the world. Amen.