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 Read Esther 7: 1–6, 9–10; 9: 20-22

The king and Haman went to Queen Esther's banquet, and on the second day they drank wine. It will be given to you. What is your request? Even half the kingdom will be given. '

And Esther the queen answered and said, Lord, if I have found favor in thine eyes, give me my hand, life, I ask. And to save my people - this is my prayer. For I and my people are sold for destruction, to slay, and to destroy. If we were only sold as slaves and female slaves, I would not speak, for no such problem should bother the king.

King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, ‘Who is she? Where is he — the man who dared to do such a thing? ’Then Esther said,‘ Enemy and foe! This is bad Haman! ” ‘Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. ‘Then Hareph the eunuch who came to the king said,‘ The pillar is fifty cubits high by the house of Haman. And he commanded Mordecai to speak unto the king. And the king said, Let him be crucified; Then the king's anger subsided.

Psalm 124

If Jehovah had not been on our side, the sons of Israel would have said:

If Jehovah had not been with us when men attacked,

They may have swallowed us alive when their anger was poured out on us. The flood will drown us, the flood will overwhelm us, and the flood will carry us away.

Praise the Lord who did not allow us to grit their teeth.

We fled like a bird out of a bird's snare; The trap broke, and we escaped.

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the Creator of heaven and earth.

Read James 5:13

Are any of you suffering? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Have them sing hymns. Are any of you sick? Invite the elders of the church to pray for them and to have them ordained in the name of the Lord. Sincere prayer also heals the sick. The Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.

Elijah was a man like us. He prayed fervently that no rain would fall on the earth for three and a half years. He prayed again, and the rain came down from heaven, and the land produced fruit.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone strays from the truth and someone converts him back, remember this: if a sinner turns away from his way, he delivers them from his way. died and covered many sins.

The Gospel of Mark 9:38

'Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we told him to stop, because he is not one of us,' says John. .

'Don't stop her,' Jesus says. For there is no one who can do a miracle in my name, and blaspheme against me, for he will not be able to stand against us. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall give you a cup of water in my name, because ye are the Christ, shall not receive their reward.

If anyone offends one of these little ones, one of my fellow believers, it would be well for him to tie a great millstone around their necks and throw it into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; A bad horse is better than no horse.

If you stumble because of your foot, cut it off. A bad horse is better than no horse. If your eye offends you, pluck it out. With two eyes, he said: “It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into Gehenna, where no worm can devour you.

Death, the fire does not go out. Everyone puts salt in the fire. Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Be at peace with one another, and with salt in yourselves. '

Reflection

1. Responding to Climate Change and Environmental Disasters There is a serious limitation in operations: advertising and consulting. Today’s readings encourage us to turn to God in prayer in times of crisis, realizing that strengthening requires deep foundations of a spirituality to support and renew us.

2. The book of Esther is about a woman whom God used to bring justice and deliverance to the heart of politics. Can we intervene on behalf of those who are well -organized today to speak the truth to authority, to challenge selfishness, and to stand up for those affected by climate change and climate change? nature?

3. Mark 9: 42ff Children and youth use harsh language to warnmoving the climate today Today's most pressing and Mulinuu issue, and yet 90% say their churches Also Are Not Doing Enough on climate change. If churches Are Maslow conceived pray, and allows Act on the climate emergency, this passage suggests God Will Judge US harshly for causing Young People took stumble in their Faith. Our Response Needs to Be in lament and Repentance, Prayer and in fasted, and in speaking respectfully and acting decisively.

Action Choose One feature of the solar and pray for n, Its rest and Its renewal.

When You Consider the Ways That this place US soccer stress, What Is does n need for rest, Rs and renewal? What Is a Needs to Be conserved for this site conceived heal itself? Features need What Is to Be Reclaimed? What Is a margin of Creation need to Be restored conceive their rightful Home Here? Pray for this site, and the wisdom took care for n.

How Will You protect and steward this planet this week?

Intercessory Prayers

Whenever We join Together, We Should Give thanks. Any Let Us join Our hearts and minds Together and Think of All Creation and the Creator's Gifts. Loving God.

We Give Our thanks.

Let Us Think of Our Mother, the Earth, Upon whom We secluded and WHO supports US and nurtures Life in All Its forms. We Think of the minerals, the fungi, and bacteria That Give Life conceived Minitoring, bodies and System. We pray We can learn conceived secluded spot on Earth with respect Moreh. Loving God.

 We Give Our thanks.

Let Us Think of the reasons Why We Are gathered. For this place in which We gather, and for All of the animals and plants That call this place Home. Loving God.

 We Give Our thanks.

Let Us Think of the Whole Human family whose livelihood and well-being depends on the well-being of the Earth. We Lift up the men, women and children WHO Are displaced from their homeowners. Loving God. 

We Give Our thanks.

Let Us Our minds turn to the Sacred Waters of the World, the great oceans, aquifers, lakes, rivers and streams, the Life That Lives in the Waters and those That Give itself to Be Our food. Loving God.

We Give Our thanks

Let Us Our Thoughts now turn to the plant Life of the Creator's World. That which open below ground; the Roots and vegetables. That which puts Just Its Head above the ground: the grasses, medicines, plants and bushes. All of the many kinds of fruit Good the Creator has given feed. And finally, the great trees of the Forest That We Know text of the "Standing Ones." Loving God.

We Give Our thanks.

Let Us Think of All Our kindred animals, those That crawl, secluded, swim and fly. We Give thanks for those That provide food for feed, those That sustain cycles in their work and Living, those That provide companionship and beauty. Loving God.

 We Give Our thanks.

Let Us Think of the birds of the Air. The feathered ones That Are the messengers between the US and the Creator. Loving God.

 We Give Our thanks.

Let Us Think of the relationships That sustain Life in this beloved community. We Think of the "Three Sisters," corn, beans and squash WHO nurture, and sustain Guard As They Grow Together (You May prohibition Local examples of plants ised animals That Live in mutuality). These relationships Are Gifts from the Creator and Our sustenance. Loving God.

We Give Our thanks.

Creator God, Look Upon the creatures gathered Here Together and send US Where You would Have feed box, any That We May embody the Ministry of Justice for your Creation Through Our being and Acts. Secluded with any US That We May Face the winds of change and secluded the Good Road. Protect and renew Our common Home. Enlighten feed. Sustain feed. May God Our Creator spaces with US This Day and Always. Amen.