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International News | March 9, 2015

The church’s reply

Persecution

May prayer for the persecuted and for those who persecute increase

Associated Press

I hope to remember the scene along the shores of Tripoli-the men in orange jumpsuits kneeling as one before their martyrdom, their faces fixed on the unseen. In Iraq and Syria other Christians have been kidnapped and killed without record. In the video from Libya showing the beheadings of the 21 Coptic Christians, we see these victims reciting the Lord's Prayer, praying to the One who already has conquered death: Ya Rabbi Yasou, Ya Rabbi Yasou. Lord Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus Christ.

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