A letter from the Prayer for Peace in the Philippines organizers.
A blessed New Year to you, your Excellency.
We at PasaLord have been praying for you.
As you may already know, PasaLord is an interfaith movement interceding for peace, unity and prosperity in our country. It was founded on July 7, 2017 at the height of the Marawi conflict. Since then, people of various creeds and denominations have joined us to intercede for our country, our leaders and our families. Our vehicle is by the one-minute interfaith Prayer for Peace in the Philippines. We have been promoting this prayer because it encapsulates our hopes and aspirations for our nation.
Last year, we launched a nationwide synchronized moment of prayer at 12 noon on February 7, 2019. We asked Filipinos to pray the Prayer for Peace in the Philippines together with us, wherever they were. With the help of the media, which amplified the call to prayer, the response was tremendous.
Miracles, little and large, happened. Let me cite just two. Senate President Vicente Sotto III filed a resolution, which was adopted by the Senate, declaring every first Thursday of February as the day for the Synchronized Interfaith National Prayer for Peace and Reconciliation. A bigger miracle was that the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government prayed for peace in solidarity with the people. This has never happened before in the Philippines nor anywhere else in the world! It was truly moving to watch so many people praying for the nation.
Now we are mobilizing for the second synchronized moment of prayer to be held on February 6, 2020, the day reserved for Filipinos to unite in prayer. Once again, our vehicle will be the Prayer for Peace in the Philippines.
We are hoping to reach more people this year so we need your help. Excellency, please mobilize your flock and parishes to pray with us. If possible, have the church bells in your parishes rung at 12 noon on February 6 to remind people to say the prayer.
The prayer may be downloaded from our website www.pasalord.org. For more information, contact Coylee Gamboa at +63 918 935 7617.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Lourdes “Bing” Ll. Pimentel
Founder and Lead Convenor
PasaLord Prayer Movement
