{"id":46152,"date":"2022-01-04T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=46152"},"modified":"2022-01-07T17:49:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T22:49:07","slug":"pray-with-guatemala-january-9-2022","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/resource\/pray-with-guatemala-january-9-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray with Guatemala, January 9, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Lectionary Selection:<\/strong>&nbsp; Luke 3:15-17,21-22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayers for Guatemala<\/strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the one who is more powerful than the evil forces, we pray for the sacred dawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May the studies of the realities in the communities that suffer from the environmental war imposed by the economy of dispossession radiate healing force and direct the paths towards peace. (Lc1: 78-79)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May our voice of denunciation resound, and the nations be enlightened. (Luke 2:32)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May we strengthen our ability to confront those who harm and distort rights, so that the holy fire advances the light of Christ and the long, cold, and infertile nights of death end. (Is.60: 1-3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That we attract the energies from the 4 roads and corners so that with, by and from the youth, the women, the guardian spiritual leaders in Mesoamerica, South America, and the Caribbean, and that the Son of God may manifest among the indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, and marginalized peasants. who defends creation! (Lk 2: 8-9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mission Stewardship Moment from Guatemala<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allow me to share with you about the Monte Olivo community, defender of the river in Alta Verapaz, where the most powerful cleansed and burned the impiety with fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The municipality, without consulting the residents, brought machinery to the river and began to install the Santa Rita hydroelectric plant.<\/li><li>The community expelled the hydroelectric plant from its territory.<\/li><li>The state installed a military detachment in the community.<\/li><li>The community expelled him.<\/li><li>A hit man came to kill the community leader, David G\u00fc\u00edtz, and when he could not find him, in a rage, he murdered 13-year-old Haggai Isaac G\u00fc\u00edtz Maas and 11-year-old David Estuardo.<\/li><li>A public official offered water tanks to store water. The community responded: why do we want water tanks, if we have the river?<\/li><li>He offered bribes, a sum that, in the face of their refusal, tripled. The leaders were not sold.<\/li><li>A thousand policemen forced the eviction of the community. The community took refuge in the mountains.<\/li><li>The community established a checkpoint with shifts 24\/7.<\/li><li>On November 8, 2013, at the checkpoint, the State security forces fired 4 shots in the back at Carlos G\u00fc\u00edtz. Carlos was left paraplegic with lung and kidney problems and died on December 12, 2017.<\/li><li>The community reported the hydroelectric plant to the offices of the World Bank, and this entity withdrew its financing, and the project was canceled.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spirit descended, heaven was opened, and the Son of God was manifested. The hydroelectric plant was stopped, however, powerful families, wanting to muddy life in the area, impose hydroelectric projects on other river slopes and monocultures of coffee and oil palm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Prayer and Mission Moment by Ricardo Mayol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mission Partners in&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Guatemala<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/lac_partners_union_evangelica_pentecostal\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/lac_partners_consejo_ecumenico_guatemala\">Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/lac_partners_guatemalan_cultural_action\">Guatemalan Cultural Action (ACG)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/lac_partners_national_coordination_of\">National Coordination of Widows of Guatemala (CONAVIGUA)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/More about Guatemala:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/guatemala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More about Guatemala<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global Ministries Mission Co-worker in\u00a0Guatemala:<\/strong><br><em>Ricardo Mayol serves with the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala (CECG). His appointment is made possible by your gifts to Disciples Mission Fund, Our Church\u2019s Wider Mission, and your special gifts.<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/donate.globalministries.org\/pages\/donation-page-for-missionary-support?donateTarget=Ricardo%20Mayol,%20Mission%20Co-worker\"><strong><em>Make a gift that supports the work of Ricardo Mayol<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Espa\u00f1ol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al que es m\u00e1s poderosos que las fuerzas malignas suplicamos por el amanecer lo sagrado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Que los estudios de las realidades en las comunidades que sufren por la guerra ambiental que impone la econom\u00eda del despojo irradie fuerza sanadora y dirija los caminos hacia la paz. (Lc1:78-79)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Que retumbe nuestra voz de denuncia y se ilumine a las naciones. (Lc. 2:32)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Que fortalezcamos nuestra capacidad de confrontar a los que lastiman y tuercen los derechos, para que el fuego santo avance la luz de Cristo y se acaben las noches largas, fr\u00edas e infecundas de muerte. (Is.60:1-3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Que atraigamos las energ\u00edas desde los 4 caminos y esquinas para que con, por y desde las juventudes, las mujeres, los l\u00edderes espirituales guardianes en Mesoam\u00e9rica, Sur Am\u00e9rica y el Caribe se manifieste el Hijo de Dios entre los pueblos originarios, afrodescendientes y campesinos marginados que defienden la creaci\u00f3n. (Lc 2:8-9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perm\u00edtanme compartirles de la comunidad Monte Olivo, defensora del r\u00edo, en Alta Verapaz, en donde el m\u00e1s poderoso limpi\u00f3 y quem\u00f3 con fuego la impiedad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>La municipalidad, sin consultar a los residentes, meti\u00f3 maquinaria hasta el r\u00edo y comenz\u00f3 a instalar la hidroel\u00e9ctrica Santa Rita.<\/li><li>La comunidad expuls\u00f3 a la hidroel\u00e9ctrica de su territorio.<\/li><li>El estado instal\u00f3 un destacamento militar en la comunidad.<\/li><li>La comunidad lo expuls\u00f3.<\/li><li>Un sicario lleg\u00f3 a matar al dirigente comunitario, David G\u00fc\u00edtz, y al no encontrarlo, rabioso, asesin\u00f3 <a>Hageo Isaac G\u00fc\u00edtz Maas de 13 a\u00f1os y a David Estuardo de 11.<\/a><\/li><li>Una funcionaria p\u00fablica ofreci\u00f3 tinacos para almacenar agua. La comunidad le respondi\u00f3: \u00bfpara qu\u00e9 queremos tinacos, si tenemos el r\u00edo?<\/li><li>Ofreci\u00f3 sobornos, suma que, ante la negativa de ellos, triplic\u00f3. Los dirigentes no se vendieron.<\/li><li>Mil polic\u00edas forzaron el desalojo de la comunidad. La comunidad se refugi\u00f3 en la monta\u00f1a.<\/li><li>La comunidad estableci\u00f3 un puesto de control con turnos 24\/7.<\/li><li>El 8 de noviembre 2013, en el puesto de control, la fuerza p\u00fablica del Estado dispar\u00f3 4 balazos en la espalda contra Carlos G\u00fc\u00edtz. Carlos qued\u00f3 parapl\u00e9jico con problemas pulmonares y renales y muri\u00f3 el 12 de diciembre de 2017.<\/li><li>La comunidad denunci\u00f3 a la hidroel\u00e9ctrica ante las oficinas del Banco Mundial, y esta entidad retir\u00f3 su financiamiento y se cancel\u00f3 el proyecto.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Descendi\u00f3 el Esp\u00edritu, se abri\u00f3 el cielo y se manifest\u00f3 el Hijo de Dios. Se detuvo la hidroel\u00e9ctrica, no obstante, las familias poderosas, queriendo enturbiar la vida en la zona, imponen proyectos hidroel\u00e9ctricos en otras vertientes de r\u00edo y monocultivos de caf\u00e9 y palma aceitera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Momento de oraci\u00f3n misional por Ricardo Mayol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21809,"template":"","topic":[20135],"region":[20085,20015],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pray with Guatemala, January 9, 2022 - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/resource\/pray-with-guatemala-january-9-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pray with Guatemala, January 9, 2022 - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lectionary Selection:&nbsp; Luke 3:15-17,21-22 Prayers for Guatemala:&nbsp;&nbsp; To the one who is more powerful than the evil forces, we pray for the sacred dawn. 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