{"id":1078,"date":"2010-09-20T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2010\/09\/to-pray-for-the-flood-victims-in-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:57:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:57:39","slug":"to-pray-for-the-flood-victims-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2010\/09\/to-pray-for-the-flood-victims-in-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"To Pray for the Flood Victims in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div align=\"right\" class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_-GKMR8mFGBs\/TJbawVFNPgI\/AAAAAAAABEE\/u7ZABddzH_o\/s1600\/DownloadedFile.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_-GKMR8mFGBs\/TJbawVFNPgI\/AAAAAAAABEE\/u7ZABddzH_o\/s320\/DownloadedFile.jpeg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Feast of Saints Eustachius<\/em><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s still raining in Pakistan. At the end of July, some of the worst flooding ever recorded began to take place there. By early August, torrential rains caused the Indus River to rise above it\u2019s banks, making upwards of eight million people homeless. Yes, you read that right. 8,000,000,000. Think of everyone in the entire state of Virginia being homeless, with hardly any food and barely any drinkable water, and you can imagine what is the scale of this disaster.<br><a name=\"more\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><br>There has been a lot going on in the world since the end of July. None of which seems to include helping the people of Pakistan. What hasn\u2019t happened is a huge outpouring of aid from the West to the people of this flood ravaged country. There has been no \u201cBerlin Airlift\u201d for the Pakistani\u2019s, no visits from Western leaders giving speeches where they proclaim \u201cI am a Pakistani\u201d like President Kennedy\u2019s \u201cIch Bin ein Berliner\u201d speech.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s a poor boy in Tennessee to do but lift my hands up in prayer? There are hearts and minds to be won in Pakistan, but more importantly, there are mouths to feed and healthcare to provide. \u00a0An outpouring of honest to goodness charity is needed, as well as relief provided from charitable donations. Charity, the kind of love that Archbishop Sheen once said,<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_-GKMR8mFGBs\/TJba3viCa3I\/AAAAAAAABEM\/9BznPMMp4P4\/s1600\/images.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_-GKMR8mFGBs\/TJba3viCa3I\/AAAAAAAABEM\/9BznPMMp4P4\/s200\/images.jpeg\" width=\"200\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i>was not much used in the classical Greek; it was a love so noble and divine that Christianity alone made it popular.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Below are some recent videos uploaded to YouTube by <a href=\"http:\/\/crs.org\/pakistan\/shelter-for-pakistan-flood-survivors-slideshow\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Catholic Relief Services<\/a>. Take a look \u00a0at them and read the news releases <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/catholic-bishop-warns-of-more-crisis-in-pakistan-floods-wake\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/A\/AS_PAKISTAN_FLOODS?SITE=WHIZ&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/UN_UN_PAKISTAN_RELIEF?SITE=WHIZ&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/A\/AS_PAKISTAN_FLOODS_STARVING_KIDS?SITE=WHIZ&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have the means, please send them what you can. But please, send the people of Pakistan, God\u2019s children, \u00a0your prayers.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cOVDVAhc0D0?fs=1\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cOVDVAhc0D0?fs=1<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iej-iCS_g7o?fs=1\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iej-iCS_g7o?fs=1<\/a>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/6738513599344023043-6836233322039404698?l=yimcatholic.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feast of Saints Eustachius It\u2019s still raining in Pakistan. At the end of July, some of the worst flooding ever recorded began to take place there. By early August, torrential rains caused the Indus River to rise above it\u2019s banks, making upwards of eight million people homeless. Yes, you read that right. 8,000,000,000. 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