Please pray for those in Haiti

[HandmaidenOfGod]

Major quake hits Haiti; many casualties expected

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A powerful earthquake struck Haiti's capital on Tuesday with withering force, toppling everything from simple shacks to the ornate National Palace. The dead and injured lay in the streets even as strong aftershocks rippled through the impoverished Caribbean country.

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May the Lord have mercy on them and save them!

 

[Coralie]

Kyrie Eleison!

 

[Philothei]

Lord have mercy!!

what a devastating situation

 

[Dorothea]

I saw that on my msn homepage yesterday evening. Very tragic. How many earthquakes have their been in the past few weeks? Many it seems, and all pretty high on the Rickter scale.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Lord have mercy!

 

[TheCunctator]

May the Lord have mercy on the Haitian people.

 

[Monica child of God 1]

Lord have mercy!

There is a ROCOR mission in Haiti with many converts. I hope that we'll get an update on them soon.

M.

 

[MariaRegina]

Lord have mercy!

There is a ROCOR mission in Haiti with many converts. I hope that we'll get an update on them soon.

M.

Please do provide an update, thanks.

The Catholic Archbishop of Haiti has been found dead in his offices.

http://www.christianforums.com/t7432991/

 

[Dorothea]

Please do provide an update, thanks.

The Catholic Archbishop of Haiti has been found dead in his offices.

http://www.christianforums.com/t7432991/

Lord, have mercy.

 

[Khaleas]

Lord have Mercy!

Since Lent is around the corner this is an option to make Emergency Clean up buckets and Hygiene kits for the IOCC. They are mobilizing to help out.

International Orthodox Christian Charities

 

[Mary of Bethany]

Thank you for that, Khaleas. I've also been wondering how I could donate some used clothing that I've been saving up to donate somewhere. This seems like a good time to do that.

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on the suffering people of Haiti!

Mary

 

[Blackknight]

I feel guilty for living in such luxury. Doing everything I can to help out though.

 

[ProtectionofMotherofGod]

Lord have mercy!

Thank you Khaleas for posting that the IOCC needs our parishes to collect for
hygiene kits and clean-up buckets.

 

[Monica child of God 1]

A Message from the Executive Director of ROCOR's Fund for Assistance regarding the earthquake in Haiti

...for I was hungry and you gave Me food;

I was thirsty and you gave Me drink;
I was a stranger and you took Me in;
Matthew 25: 35​

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

A very powerful earthquake has devastated Haiti, the poorest country in our hemisphere. The media reports that up to 3,000,000 Haitians have been affected by this calamity. Life in Haiti is very difficult under normal circumstances. Now it is on the brink of becoming unbearable.
Officials fear thousands - perhaps more than 100,000 have perished. Death is everywhere in Port-au-Prince. Bodies of tiny children were piled next to schools. Corpses of women lay on the street with stunned expressions frozen on their faces as flies began to gather. Bodies of men were covered with plastic tarps or cotton sheets. The international Red Cross said a third of Haiti's 9 million people may need emergency aid and that it would take a day or two for a clear picture of the damage to emerge.

ROCOR's mission in Haiti has nearly 2000 members. We have been trying to reach our priests there, but so far no luck. Most of the telephone towers in Haiti have been destroyed or damaged.
Folks there need our help.

We ask you to please pass this information to your friends and families and to urgently help those who are suffering!

The Fund for Assistance has been reaching out to parishes to get at least 10-20 of our communities to pledge 100-200 dollars a month for our mission in Haiti. Our Haitian Orthodox community needs only 2000 per month to survive. To date the response to FFA's plea has been lukewarm...

Now the need in Haiti is greater than ever and now may be the time to speak to your parish councils to pledge any monthly amount you can muster to help our poor brothers and sisters in Haiti.

If you have any questions, please contact my assistant Alena Plavsic at alena@fundforassistance.org or by phone 917-817-2925.

Any pledges or collections on behalf of the Orthodox community in Haiti should be sent to the following address:
Fund for Assistance/Haiti
c/o Synod of Bishops
75 East 93rd Street
New York, New York 10128
Thank you.
Fr. Victor Potapov
Executive Director
Fund for Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

 

[Giantsbran1227]

What would you say who said "Why would God do this"?

 

[Monica child of God 1]

What would you say who said "Why would God do this"?

God created a world that was good. Humans sinned and that affected all of creation including the earth itself. Earthquakes that kill thousands of people are not a part of what God called "Good."

What is worse, a lot of the devastation we see in the aftermath of this earthquake is actually caused by the extreme poverty of this nation which can be traced back to the sins of the Transatlantic slave trade. Myriad people made in God's image already live on the margins of existance due to centuries of exploitation of human and natural resources. You have a small wealthy class of people who control the flow of the economy, leaving little for the majority of this nation. The government in Haiti has historically favored the wealthy owning class. Building codes do not exist in Haiti, so more people are crushed under rubble than would be if there were regulations. The rampant deforestation in Haiti will likely cause rock and mudslides soon with the aftershocks. So besides the earthquake which can be traced back to the fouling of God's creation due to the Fall, you have the sins of slavery, human exploitation, environmental exploitation and neglect of the poor in the country.

This is not God's fault.

M.

 

[Dorothea]

A Message from the Executive Director of ROCOR's Fund for Assistance regarding the earthquake in Haiti

...for I was hungry and you gave Me food;

I was thirsty and you gave Me drink;

I was a stranger and you took Me in;
Matthew 25: 35​

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

A very powerful earthquake has devastated Haiti, the poorest country in our hemisphere. The media reports that up to 3,000,000 Haitians have been affected by this calamity. Life in Haiti is very difficult under normal circumstances. Now it is on the brink of becoming unbearable.
Officials fear thousands - perhaps more than 100,000 have perished. Death is everywhere in Port-au-Prince. Bodies of tiny children were piled next to schools. Corpses of women lay on the street with stunned expressions frozen on their faces as flies began to gather. Bodies of men were covered with plastic tarps or cotton sheets. The international Red Cross said a third of Haiti's 9 million people may need emergency aid and that it would take a day or two for a clear picture of the damage to emerge.

ROCOR's mission in Haiti has nearly 2000 members. We have been trying to reach our priests there, but so far no luck. Most of the telephone towers in Haiti have been destroyed or damaged.
Folks there need our help.

We ask you to please pass this information to your friends and families and to urgently help those who are suffering!

The Fund for Assistance has been reaching out to parishes to get at least 10-20 of our communities to pledge 100-200 dollars a month for our mission in Haiti. Our Haitian Orthodox community needs only 2000 per month to survive. To date the response to FFA's plea has been lukewarm...

Now the need in Haiti is greater than ever and now may be the time to speak to your parish councils to pledge any monthly amount you can muster to help our poor brothers and sisters in Haiti.

If you have any questions, please contact my assistant Alena Plavsic at alena@fundforassistance.org or by phone 917-817-2925.

Any pledges or collections on behalf of the Orthodox community in Haiti should be sent to the following address:
Fund for Assistance/Haiti
c/o Synod of Bishops
75 East 93rd Street
New York, New York 10128
Thank you.
Fr. Victor Potapov
Executive Director
Fund for Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

How terrible. I passed this info onto my priest, and hopefully, it'll be spread around.