KNCC / WCC : "Light of Peace"  1. März - 15. August 2020
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Prayer in Commemoration of the May 18th Democratization Movement

Elder Ahn Sung-rye ( Former May Mother 's Association President)

"Forty years ago, when Gwangju became a city of slaughter at the hands of the military dictatorship martial law forces, our God was present bleeding with Gwangju citizens at the site of the shooting where the bullets of the martial law army fell upon the citizens like rain. Thank you for being present at the sickbed of the injured seeking treatment and among the medical staff tending to the fallen at that time. I believe that God has remained with my children, the apple of my eye, and the bereaved families who lost their loved ones, who have suffered bitterness and sickness for the past 40 years, and I thank God for that.Forty years ago, when Gwangju became a city of slaughter at the hands of the military dictatorship martial law forces, our God was present bleeding with Gwangju citizens at the site of the shooting where the bullets of the martial law army fell upon the citizens like rain. Thank you for being present at the sickbed of the injured seeking treatment and among the medical staff tending to the fallen at that time. I believe that God has remained with my children, the apple of my eye, and the bereaved families who lost their loved ones, who have suffered bitterness and sickness for the past 40 years, and I thank God for that.As the blood of that month of May was never shed in vain,...."

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