Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.<\/i> \u00a0Matthew 5:9<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the fighting escalates, it would be worth our efforts to double down on praying for peace. \u00a0A more complex and convoluted situation I can\u2019t recall in recent world history. \u00a0Nonetheless, we are called on to pray for peace, and pray we should. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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