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SUNDAY July 30- 2023- YEAR 2- Episode# 74 Good Sunday Morning with Fr Andre on KNUS 710 am
A Prayer in Distress: “Lord, make haste and answer; for my spirit fails within me” (Psalm 143)
RADIO SHOW Description
On this Sunday’ show we shall speak about type of prayer that is found in the Bible both the Old and the New Testament. We are talking about the prayer in distress, or lamentation.
Special Guest: Julian Dunraven
BIO: Dr. Julian Dunraven is an adjunct professor of Law and Business at Arapahoe Community College. Prior to that, he spent seven years teaching Law at Altierus College teaching primarily Constitutional and Business Law, Austrian Economic theory, and Criminal Justice classes. In keeping with his interest in education, Dr. Dunraven served as a founding board member and as General Counsel for Freedom Trust, a nonprofit educational company dedicated to providing freedom-oriented education scholarships for graduate students, as well as offering liberty-based education forums in Political Science and Economics for K-12 and higher education students.
In 2014, around August 6, over 50 thousand people in northern Iraq were forced to leave their villages, towns, and even the nation of Iraq. In 2020, on August 4th, 350 thousand people in Beirut Lebanon were directly affected by the Beirut seaport explosion. These people had to leave their homes, left even the city and many left the country. The casualties from the Beirut Explosion were 218 people killed, and 7000 people injured. Amongst the dead were people from various countries including nationals of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Pakistan, Palestine, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, and the United States. The explosion was caused by the inadequate storage of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the Port of Beirut. Beside the large number of loss of lives, The explosion also resulted in an estimated 300,000 people who became homeless. 40 thousand buildings were between midd to severely damaged, amongst which at least 8,000 buildings were damaged with severity, of which at least 640 were cultural heritage buildings. Due to the Beirut Explosion, Lebanon lost around 106 healthcare facilities among which 3 main hospitals for a while and 15,000 productive activities were brought to their knees, three uninhabitable hospitals, 178 schools damaged.
All of this needs a prayer in distress.
Today, the United States our own homeland is experiencing severe persecution, division, moral and ethical problems, and very severe divide in politics which is causing the polarization of the nation almost to an irreconcilable point of no return.
Amongst the tragic incidents which took place in our country of the US this year alone we can talk about 39 mass shooting that took place leaving over 1200 people dead. There are baking temperatures in many places in the US, Europe, across the Middle East and Africa. The fight between Russia and Ukraine continues to demolish the possibilities for peace risking turning this war at any time into nuclear war. Besides this, the war is causing a massive movement of people going into a forced migration from inside Ukraine and many places in Russia. On the other hand, China continues to get bad international reviews on many fronts. On another front looking at disasters caused by nature, in 2023 1088 tornados were reported amongst which at least 887 tornados were confirmed in the US this year alone. All of this tell us that the US needs to raise a prayer in distress to Almighty God.
According to “concernusa.org”, there are at least 8 ongoing worse humanitarian crisis in 2023.
The website bases this list on figures provided by "UNOCHA’s 2023 Global Humanitarian Overview, which factors in the number of people in need of assistance, funding needed to meet that need, and the level of funding met for the year ahead.”
Concernusa defines a humanitarian crisis according to what the United Nations’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs also known as (OCHA) defines it.
“The United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) defines a humanitarian crisis as “a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well-being of a community or large group of people.” Consequently, we have to remember that many of these humanitarian crises in the world today are parts of or involve some degree of internal or international conflicts. This is only one of many factors to look at when we are to look at least 8 ongoing humanitarian crisis in 2023.
1. The Horn of Africa: The current crisis in the Horn of Africa has left 36.4 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Five consecutive failed rains have left the region facing the worst drought in four decades and extreme levels of hunger. The next rainy season, beginning in March of 2023, is also expected to fail.
2. The Sahel: Ongoing violence in the Sahel escalated in 2022, with countries like Burkina Faso and Niger affected by new levels of conflict and insecurity. UN experts estimate that the situation will worsen in 2023, which OCHA has described as “the worst humanitarian needs in years.” Taking into account the full region — which includes Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger and Nigeria — OCHA estimates approximately 34.8 million people require humanitarian assistance, and that an additional 3 million will require support this year.
3. Democratic Republic of Congo: Increased violence in 2022 has added to a series of emergencies that make up the decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 27 million Congolese require humanitarian assistance — nearly a 38% increase in need compared to last year.
4. Afghanistan: Afghanistan has been caught in conflict since 1978, meaning that several generations of Afghans have never known life without conflict and political instability. The current humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has left 24.1 million Afghans in need of humanitarian assistance, including 15.3 million children.
5. Yemen The Yemeni Civil War has, according to one UN estimate, has left nearly 80% of the country’s population in need of some form of assistance, and has damaged food systems, local infrastructure, the economy, and education prospects. 21.6 million people require humanitarian assistance. 12.9 million are children.
6. Pakistan: The level of severity in Pakistan escalated in 2022 due in large part to last year’s floods, which affected 33 million people — roughly one out of every seven people in the country. The rains were the worst the country has faced since it began recording climate data in 1918. “The magnitude and scale of the destruction to the country cannot be underestimated,” said Sherzada Khan, Concern’s acting Country Director for Pakistan, last August. “We are responding to a very serious humanitarian situation.”
7. Ukraine: On February 24, 2022, a long-simmering crisis in Ukraine escalated into violence with devastating impact. By mid-March, it became the site of one of the world’s largest refugee crises, with 7.9 million Ukrainians displaced abroad as refugees, and an additional 6.5 million displaced internally. As this renewed conflict approaches the one-year mark in February, it’s also entering what Concern’s Head of Emergency Operations, Ros O’Sullivan, describes as a “more stark” situation with winter conditions and both electricity and fuel shortages. UNOCHA estimates that 17.7 million people in Ukraine require humanitarian assistance.
8. Syria What began as a peaceful protest in 2011 has now become more than a decade of crisis in Syria — as well as one of the largest refugee crises in the world. The violence has not stopped, and millions of Syrians are displaced abroad (often with limited legal rights, resources, and language skills). More than 6.8 million Syrians are internally displaced, and 15.3 million require humanitarian aid — the highest amount of need since the conflict began. Syria is also one of the epicenters of the current cholera outbreak, one of the largest in recent history.
What can you do to help the Mission of Hope and Mercy continue its work of supporting the persecuted Christians in the Middle East? I invite you to support the Center for Blessings which the Mission established in Lebanon to be its Epicenter in the Middle East to be the place for new hope for Lebanon and the Region.
We have to remember that the Middle East is the birthplace for christianity. Recently it was reported the the Iraqi president does no longer recognizes the Chaldean Patriarch and he removed from him the diplomatic protection. Ever since, the Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sago has become a target of possible assassination and an outlaw. He is on the run for his life and last it was reported that he has been hiding somewhere in Turkey.
More news about this topic comes from the Chaldean Church council in Lebanon where Bishop Michel Kassarji, a very dear friend to the Mission of Hope and Mercy has issued a statement denouncing the actions of Iraqi President against the Chaldean Patriarch here it is:
“BEIRUT — The Supreme Council of the Chaldean sect in Lebanon issued a statement Monday denouncing the Iraqi president's revocation of a 2013 decree protecting their Patriarch in Baghdad Louis Sako. The removal of the decree pushed Sako to leave his post earlier this month, and his functions are no longer recognized by the Iraqi government. The Council added in its statement Monday that the “recent unprecedented and dangerous events threaten the Christian presence" in the region. Before the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, there were 1.5 million Christians in the country. Christians gradually left the country, especially after the Islamic State’s attack on Christian villages in 2014. Today, there are only around 400,000 remaining Christians in the country. The Council also called for “an ecclesiastical, political and civil quick action to end the injustice that targeted the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church Cardinal Louis Sako and protect his dignity.”
The decree revoked by Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid had, according to the Council, no constitutional or legal basis. Nevertheless, Sako announced on July 15 that he will leave the Patriarchate in Baghdad and relocate to a monastery in the Kurdish autonomous region.
Cardinal Sako has for months been in a political fight with the chief of the Babylon Movement Rayan al-Kildani. The Babylon Movement is a “Christian” party that is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces, which consists of multiple pro-Iranian groups.
Sako accused Kildani of orchestrating the latest offensive against him. The now-revoked 2013 decree had served as a safety guarantee against the pro-Iranian groups. Lebanon counts 20,000 people belonging to the Chaldean Catholic sect, according to the website of the Chaldean church in the country. They are among Lebanon's 18 official religious sects.
Once more I invite all of my friends in the USA to remember to protect Lebanon as the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave for freedom seekers in the Middle East. This is the place from which the greatest revolution of love will begin, until the Peace of Christ covers all the peoples and nations of the earth. In 2015, the Mission of Hope and Mercy was founded, driven by the profound words of Pope John Paul II. In 1997, he had famously proclaimed, "Lebanon is more than a country. It is a powerful message of freedom and a shining example of pluralism, uniting East and West."
The Center for Blessings in Lebanon will serve as a powerful affirmation of the American people's solidarity with the Lebanese people and their dedication to supporting the Christian presence in Lebanon.
This Center will heal old wounds between the US and Lebanon and open up new avenues of mutual cooperation and advancement.
This Center will attract significant US investment and philanthropy and have a meaningful impact on the future of Lebanon and her people
This Center for Blessings is the fruit of these last seven years of generous support from our American donors and dedicated work by myself and countless volunteers. Together, we overcame challenges, endured hardships, and faced persecution. Through it all, we never lost sight of our mission: to create a humanitarian arc and faith-based bridge that connects the East and the West, transcending barriers of culture, nation, continent, color, religion, gender, and politics.
Guided by the two greatest commandments in the Bible, the love of God and the love of the neighbor, we have built a haven of hope and mercy. This is a place where all forms of life and peaceful civilizations can thrive, and where the power of love is the driving force.
At the end, we all need to join David in his psalm 143 in which he addresses Almighty God in a prayer in distress. So let us pray:
Ant. 1 At daybreak, be merciful to me, O Lord.
Psalm 143 Prayer in distress A man is not justified by observance of the law but only through faith in Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:16).
Lord, listen to my prayer: turn your ear to my appeal. You are faithful, you are just; give answer. Do not call your servant to judgment for no one is just in your sight.
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SUNDAY July 30- 2023- YEAR 2- Episode# 74 Good Sunday Morning with Fr Andre on KNUS 710 am
A Prayer in Distress: “Lord, make haste and answer; for my spirit fails within me” (Psalm 143)
RADIO SHOW Description
On this Sunday’ show we shall speak about type of prayer that is found in the Bible both the Old and the New Testament. We are talking about the prayer in distress, or lamentation.
Special Guest: Julian Dunraven
BIO: Dr. Julian Dunraven is an adjunct professor of Law and Business at Arapahoe Community College. Prior to that, he spent seven years teaching Law at Altierus College teaching primarily Constitutional and Business Law, Austrian Economic theory, and Criminal Justice classes. In keeping with his interest in education, Dr. Dunraven served as a founding board member and as General Counsel for Freedom Trust, a nonprofit educational company dedicated to providing freedom-oriented education scholarships for graduate students, as well as offering liberty-based education forums in Political Science and Economics for K-12 and higher education students.
In 2014, around August 6, over 50 thousand people in northern Iraq were forced to leave their villages, towns, and even the nation of Iraq. In 2020, on August 4th, 350 thousand people in Beirut Lebanon were directly affected by the Beirut seaport explosion. These people had to leave their homes, left even the city and many left the country. The casualties from the Beirut Explosion were 218 people killed, and 7000 people injured. Amongst the dead were people from various countries including nationals of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Pakistan, Palestine, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, and the United States. The explosion was caused by the inadequate storage of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the Port of Beirut. Beside the large number of loss of lives, The explosion also resulted in an estimated 300,000 people who became homeless. 40 thousand buildings were between midd to severely damaged, amongst which at least 8,000 buildings were damaged with severity, of which at least 640 were cultural heritage buildings. Due to the Beirut Explosion, Lebanon lost around 106 healthcare facilities among which 3 main hospitals for a while and 15,000 productive activities were brought to their knees, three uninhabitable hospitals, 178 schools damaged.
All of this needs a prayer in distress.
Today, the United States our own homeland is experiencing severe persecution, division, moral and ethical problems, and very severe divide in politics which is causing the polarization of the nation almost to an irreconcilable point of no return.
Amongst the tragic incidents which took place in our country of the US this year alone we can talk about 39 mass shooting that took place leaving over 1200 people dead. There are baking temperatures in many places in the US, Europe, across the Middle East and Africa. The fight between Russia and Ukraine continues to demolish the possibilities for peace risking turning this war at any time into nuclear war. Besides this, the war is causing a massive movement of people going into a forced migration from inside Ukraine and many places in Russia. On the other hand, China continues to get bad international reviews on many fronts. On another front looking at disasters caused by nature, in 2023 1088 tornados were reported amongst which at least 887 tornados were confirmed in the US this year alone. All of this tell us that the US needs to raise a prayer in distress to Almighty God.
According to “concernusa.org”, there are at least 8 ongoing worse humanitarian crisis in 2023.
The website bases this list on figures provided by "UNOCHA’s 2023 Global Humanitarian Overview, which factors in the number of people in need of assistance, funding needed to meet that need, and the level of funding met for the year ahead.”
Concernusa defines a humanitarian crisis according to what the United Nations’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs also known as (OCHA) defines it.
“The United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) defines a humanitarian crisis as “a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well-being of a community or large group of people.” Consequently, we have to remember that many of these humanitarian crises in the world today are parts of or involve some degree of internal or international conflicts. This is only one of many factors to look at when we are to look at least 8 ongoing humanitarian crisis in 2023.
1. The Horn of Africa: The current crisis in the Horn of Africa has left 36.4 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Five consecutive failed rains have left the region facing the worst drought in four decades and extreme levels of hunger. The next rainy season, beginning in March of 2023, is also expected to fail.
2. The Sahel: Ongoing violence in the Sahel escalated in 2022, with countries like Burkina Faso and Niger affected by new levels of conflict and insecurity. UN experts estimate that the situation will worsen in 2023, which OCHA has described as “the worst humanitarian needs in years.” Taking into account the full region — which includes Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger and Nigeria — OCHA estimates approximately 34.8 million people require humanitarian assistance, and that an additional 3 million will require support this year.
3. Democratic Republic of Congo: Increased violence in 2022 has added to a series of emergencies that make up the decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 27 million Congolese require humanitarian assistance — nearly a 38% increase in need compared to last year.
4. Afghanistan: Afghanistan has been caught in conflict since 1978, meaning that several generations of Afghans have never known life without conflict and political instability. The current humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has left 24.1 million Afghans in need of humanitarian assistance, including 15.3 million children.
5. Yemen The Yemeni Civil War has, according to one UN estimate, has left nearly 80% of the country’s population in need of some form of assistance, and has damaged food systems, local infrastructure, the economy, and education prospects. 21.6 million people require humanitarian assistance. 12.9 million are children.
6. Pakistan: The level of severity in Pakistan escalated in 2022 due in large part to last year’s floods, which affected 33 million people — roughly one out of every seven people in the country. The rains were the worst the country has faced since it began recording climate data in 1918. “The magnitude and scale of the destruction to the country cannot be underestimated,” said Sherzada Khan, Concern’s acting Country Director for Pakistan, last August. “We are responding to a very serious humanitarian situation.”
7. Ukraine: On February 24, 2022, a long-simmering crisis in Ukraine escalated into violence with devastating impact. By mid-March, it became the site of one of the world’s largest refugee crises, with 7.9 million Ukrainians displaced abroad as refugees, and an additional 6.5 million displaced internally. As this renewed conflict approaches the one-year mark in February, it’s also entering what Concern’s Head of Emergency Operations, Ros O’Sullivan, describes as a “more stark” situation with winter conditions and both electricity and fuel shortages. UNOCHA estimates that 17.7 million people in Ukraine require humanitarian assistance.
8. Syria What began as a peaceful protest in 2011 has now become more than a decade of crisis in Syria — as well as one of the largest refugee crises in the world. The violence has not stopped, and millions of Syrians are displaced abroad (often with limited legal rights, resources, and language skills). More than 6.8 million Syrians are internally displaced, and 15.3 million require humanitarian aid — the highest amount of need since the conflict began. Syria is also one of the epicenters of the current cholera outbreak, one of the largest in recent history.
What can you do to help the Mission of Hope and Mercy continue its work of supporting the persecuted Christians in the Middle East? I invite you to support the Center for Blessings which the Mission established in Lebanon to be its Epicenter in the Middle East to be the place for new hope for Lebanon and the Region.
We have to remember that the Middle East is the birthplace for christianity. Recently it was reported the the Iraqi president does no longer recognizes the Chaldean Patriarch and he removed from him the diplomatic protection. Ever since, the Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sago has become a target of possible assassination and an outlaw. He is on the run for his life and last it was reported that he has been hiding somewhere in Turkey.
More news about this topic comes from the Chaldean Church council in Lebanon where Bishop Michel Kassarji, a very dear friend to the Mission of Hope and Mercy has issued a statement denouncing the actions of Iraqi President against the Chaldean Patriarch here it is:
“BEIRUT — The Supreme Council of the Chaldean sect in Lebanon issued a statement Monday denouncing the Iraqi president's revocation of a 2013 decree protecting their Patriarch in Baghdad Louis Sako. The removal of the decree pushed Sako to leave his post earlier this month, and his functions are no longer recognized by the Iraqi government. The Council added in its statement Monday that the “recent unprecedented and dangerous events threaten the Christian presence" in the region. Before the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, there were 1.5 million Christians in the country. Christians gradually left the country, especially after the Islamic State’s attack on Christian villages in 2014. Today, there are only around 400,000 remaining Christians in the country. The Council also called for “an ecclesiastical, political and civil quick action to end the injustice that targeted the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church Cardinal Louis Sako and protect his dignity.”
The decree revoked by Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid had, according to the Council, no constitutional or legal basis. Nevertheless, Sako announced on July 15 that he will leave the Patriarchate in Baghdad and relocate to a monastery in the Kurdish autonomous region.
Cardinal Sako has for months been in a political fight with the chief of the Babylon Movement Rayan al-Kildani. The Babylon Movement is a “Christian” party that is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces, which consists of multiple pro-Iranian groups.
Sako accused Kildani of orchestrating the latest offensive against him. The now-revoked 2013 decree had served as a safety guarantee against the pro-Iranian groups. Lebanon counts 20,000 people belonging to the Chaldean Catholic sect, according to the website of the Chaldean church in the country. They are among Lebanon's 18 official religious sects.
Once more I invite all of my friends in the USA to remember to protect Lebanon as the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave for freedom seekers in the Middle East. This is the place from which the greatest revolution of love will begin, until the Peace of Christ covers all the peoples and nations of the earth. In 2015, the Mission of Hope and Mercy was founded, driven by the profound words of Pope John Paul II. In 1997, he had famously proclaimed, "Lebanon is more than a country. It is a powerful message of freedom and a shining example of pluralism, uniting East and West."
The Center for Blessings in Lebanon will serve as a powerful affirmation of the American people's solidarity with the Lebanese people and their dedication to supporting the Christian presence in Lebanon.
This Center will heal old wounds between the US and Lebanon and open up new avenues of mutual cooperation and advancement.
This Center will attract significant US investment and philanthropy and have a meaningful impact on the future of Lebanon and her people
This Center for Blessings is the fruit of these last seven years of generous support from our American donors and dedicated work by myself and countless volunteers. Together, we overcame challenges, endured hardships, and faced persecution. Through it all, we never lost sight of our mission: to create a humanitarian arc and faith-based bridge that connects the East and the West, transcending barriers of culture, nation, continent, color, religion, gender, and politics.
Guided by the two greatest commandments in the Bible, the love of God and the love of the neighbor, we have built a haven of hope and mercy. This is a place where all forms of life and peaceful civilizations can thrive, and where the power of love is the driving force.
At the end, we all need to join David in his psalm 143 in which he addresses Almighty God in a prayer in distress. So let us pray:
Ant. 1 At daybreak, be merciful to me, O Lord.
Psalm 143 Prayer in distress A man is not justified by observance of the law but only through faith in Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:16).
Lord, listen to my prayer: turn your ear to my appeal. You are faithful, you are just; give answer. Do not call your servant to judgment for no one is just in your sight.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.