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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Today there are many places in the world experiencing torment, many people in the midst of tragedy. In the past few days our attention and prayers have turned to Haiti and Afghanistan. This afternoon I received
a prayer by the Poor Clare Sisters of Galway. Permit me to share it with you. Haiti and Afghanistan may be many miles away, yet healing begins with the person right next to us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A Prayer for Afghanistan<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For those who are fleeing: sanctuary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For those who are staying: safety.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For those who are fighting: peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For those whose hearts are breaking: comfort.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For those who see no future: hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Blessings and peace,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Reverend Michael B. Medas, MSW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Catholic Chaplain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">W11-012 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">40 Massachusetts Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cambridge, MA 02139<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“<i>But now thus says the Lord,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> He who created you, O Jacob,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> He who formed you, O Israel:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">I have called you by name, you are mine.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Isaiah 43:1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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