An email I received from a close friend:

The city of Mosul in Iraq has fallen to Al Qaeda sunni muslims who are now attacking anyone even remotely different to them.

There were about 75,000 Christians living in this city in 2003. Yesterday that number was down to about 25,000.

[....] see an email received from Father Nageeb Michael, who is an Iraqi Dominican priest in Mosul – he may have been killed (martyred) since the email was sent.

Please pray for all Christians in Mosul who are now threatened by Al Qaeda fighters with a long and bloody record of murderous hostility to Iraqi Christians.

Just another Catholic mom – Over one million unique visitors served since 2009
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST for Fr. Najeeb and Christians of Iraq

The message below was posted nine hours ago on the Facebook page of Province of St. Joseph, Dominican Friars. Please pray. It appears that Fr. Najeeb may have been martyred.
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Fr. Legge wrote this morning: Here’s my quick translation of the email message sent early this morning by Fr. Najeeb.
Bad news. I write you in a situation of violence in Mosul that is very critical and even apocalyptic. Most of the inhabitants of the city have already abandoned their houses and fled into the villages and are sleeping in the open without anything to eat or drink. Many thousands of armed men from the Islamic Groups of Da’ash have attacked the city of Mosul for the last two days. They have αssαssιnαtҽd adults and children. The bodies have been left in the streets and in the houses by the hundreds, without pity. The regular forces and the army have also fled the city, along with the governor. In the mosques, they cry “Allah Akbar, long live the Islamic State.” Qaraqosh is overflowing with refugees of all kinds, without food or lodging. The check points and the Kurdish forces are blocking innumerable refugees from entering Kurdistan. What we are living and what we have seen over the last two days is horrible and catastrophic. The priory of Mar Behnam and other churches fell into the hands of the rebels this morning. . . . and now they have come here and entered Qaraqosh five minutes ago, and we are now surrounded and threatened with death . . . . pray for us. I’m sorry that I can’t continue . . . They are not far from our convent . . . .

See also:


Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul.

Al Qaeda-linked militants seize Iraqi city of Mosul: ‘Everything is fallen … It’s a crisis’


http://www.lisagraas.com/2014/06/10/urgent-prayer-request-for-fr-najeeb-and-christians-of-iraq/
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Read more: http://cor-mariae./thread/1932/urgent-prayer-request-martyrs#ixzz34NY8MjEm

 

I will remember them at Mass and Rosary tomorrow.

An email I received from a close friend:

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The city of Mosul in Iraq has fallen to Al Qaeda sunni muslims who are now attacking anyone even remotely different to them.

There were about 75,000 Christians living in this city in 2003. Yesterday that number was down to about 25,000.

[....] see an email received from Father Nageeb Michael, who is an Iraqi Dominican priest in Mosul – he may have been killed (martyred) since the email was sent.

Please pray for all Christians in Mosul who are now threatened by Al Qaeda fighters with a long and bloody record of murderous hostility to Iraqi Christians.

Just another Catholic mom – Over one million unique visitors served since 2009
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST for Fr. Najeeb and Christians of Iraq

The message below was posted nine hours ago on the Facebook page of Province of St. Joseph, Dominican Friars. Please pray. It appears that Fr. Najeeb may have been martyred.
——————–
Fr. Legge wrote this morning: Here’s my quick translation of the email message sent early this morning by Fr. Najeeb.
Bad news. I write you in a situation of violence in Mosul that is very critical and even apocalyptic. Most of the inhabitants of the city have already abandoned their houses and fled into the villages and are sleeping in the open without anything to eat or drink. Many thousands of armed men from the Islamic Groups of Da’ash have attacked the city of Mosul for the last two days. They have αssαssιnαtҽd adults and children. The bodies have been left in the streets and in the houses by the hundreds, without pity. The regular forces and the army have also fled the city, along with the governor. In the mosques, they cry “Allah Akbar, long live the Islamic State.” Qaraqosh is overflowing with refugees of all kinds, without food or lodging. The check points and the Kurdish forces are blocking innumerable refugees from entering Kurdistan. What we are living and what we have seen over the last two days is horrible and catastrophic. The priory of Mar Behnam and other churches fell into the hands of the rebels this morning. . . . and now they have come here and entered Qaraqosh five minutes ago, and we are now surrounded and threatened with death . . . . pray for us. I’m sorry that I can’t continue . . . They are not far from our convent . . . .

See also:


Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul.

Al Qaeda-linked militants seize Iraqi city of Mosul: ‘Everything is fallen … It’s a crisis’


http://www.lisagraas.com/2014/06/10/urgent-prayer-request-for-fr-najeeb-and-christians-of-iraq/
Source :

Read more: http://cor-mariae./thread/1932/urgent-prayer-request-martyrs#ixzz34NY8MjEm

Thanks Donkath for posting this. I don't pay attention to the Christians persecuted around the world as I ought

They will be in my prayers and in my thoughts

Catholic martyrs of Iraq, pray for us.

FSSP Priests attacked in Phoenix, Arizona, 1 murdered, 1 critically wounded

The Mater Misericordiae Mission, the Latin Mass community of the Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona, run by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP), was the scene of a terrible tragedy on Wednesday night, following the breaking and entering of their church by armed burglars.

    Father Kenneth Walker, FSSP, Assistant Pastor, was murdered. Requiescat in pace. Please, pray also for the consolation of his family.

    Father Joseph Terra, FSSP, Pastor, was severely wounded by the criminals, and is (at least to our knowledge as of this moment) hospitalized in critical condition.
    Please, pray for his health and his complete recovery, through the mercy of God Almighty.

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In the case of martyrs, shouldn't we be asking them to pray for us?

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Catholics of Iraq Plead to Pope for Help

The Christians in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul overrun by Islamists have asked Pope Francis and the universal Church for help.

Vatican City (kath.net / KNA) The Christians in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul overrun by Islamists have asked Pope Francis and the universal Church for help. At the same time Archbishop Emil Nona Shimoun announced, according to a statement of the Vatican's Congregation for Eastern Churches on Friday, to keep churches, schools and other facilities for refugees of all religions open.

The head of the Congregation of Eastern Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, reportedly telephoned on Thursday to the Chaldean Archbishop Nona and his Syrian Catholic counterpart, Yohanna Petros Moshe. Sandri complained then, that in Mosul "in these tragic hours, Christians and Muslims have been forced to flee from their homes and their city in order to survive." The region is associated with the biblical figure of Abraham, “is experiencing an exodus of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children again." Further, the cardinal declared solidarity with the Baghdad resident Chaldean Patriarch Raphael I Louis Sako. He pointed to his use of dialogue and national reconciliation. Pray for peace for the Middle East and the whole world.  Source