Power to Stand - The Living Church

Power to Stand - The Living Church

Daily Devotional • April 22 The Pentecost | El Greco A Reading from John 14:15-31 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. 17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. 18 “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to…

A group of thirty priests of the Icelandic National Church issued a statement of solidarity this evening in which they expressed their support for the foster family of Oscar Anders Florez Bocanegra, a Colombian boy who is about to be deported from Iceland. In the statement, the priests said that granting the boy a residence permit in this country is in line with the message of both Testaments of the Bible. The statement can be read in its entire…

Ordained priests in the Icelandic National Church stand with the family that is now requesting a residence permit for Oscar Anders Florez Bocanegra. A total of 30 priests have signed the statement.