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NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, 10TH MARCH 2017
At St Mary Catholic Cathedral ground, Wau South Sudan
Prayer for South Sudanese Leaders
Led by the Rt Rev Moses Deng Bol
Bishop of the Diocese of Wau in the Episcopal Church of South Sudan.
Earlier Mosignor Roco Taban gave an example of a hyena who wants to a Priest to
Gabfest his sins. He told the priest that he has almost finished the goats in the village. While.
he was still confuting a flock of goats, and sheep came out from one of the homes heading
To the grazing area. When the hyena requested the priest to give him a few minutes to go,
Eat some goats before returning to finish his confession. Monsignor.
concluded his sermon by appealing to us the South Sudanese not to be like the hyena by
Confessing our sins before God today and repeat them again tomorrow.Indeed we have
Been praying, asking God for forgiveness since we started this prayer. But unlike the hyena.
we have not confessed the since we have committed of which we are asking God to
forgive us.So before I conclude the prayer, I would like to mention a few things which I
Belief is some of the sins we have done against the will of God. We the religious hour.
sin is that we do not tell you the truth because we are afraid of the unknown gunman.
But today I will tell what we have done wrong before I pray.

1) Brothers and sisters, we have come here to pray that the Lord touches the heart of our
President in order to realize that the people, the land, the rivers, the trees, the birds
and the insects of South Sudan do not have any problem at all.
2) Brothers and sisters, we have come here to pray that the Lord touches the heart of our
President in order to realise that the international community (the UN, the AU, the
IGAD etc) is not the problem of South Sudan.
3) Brothers and sisters, we have come here to pray that the Lord touches the heart of our
President in order to realise that he and his Generals are the problem of this country
because they have refused to abide by the rule of law, instead they are promoting the
rule of guns, resulting in the massive loss of lives and properties of innocent civilians.
4) Brothers and sisters, we have come here to pray that the Lord touches the heart of our
President in order to realise that he and his Generals are the problem of this country
because they have refused to hold people who have committed atrocities against
innocent civilians accountable. instead they are being treated as heroes and heroines.
5) Brothers and sisters, we have come here to pray that the Lord touches the heart of our
President in order to realise that he and his Generals are the problem of this country
because they have denied South Sudanese one of their basic rights and democratic
Principles, the freedom of speech and expression. FM radios and newspapers are.

being shut down by security personnel and their reporters given death threats by the
Infamous unknown gunman. Similarly, civil society organizations and individuals.
including Church Leaders who dare to correct the Government where it has gone
wrong are being categorized as politicians or rebel supporters.
6) Brothers and sisters, we have come here to pray that the Lord to touch the heart of
our President in order to realise that he and his Generals are responsible for the
suffering of our people because they have refused to hold people who have stolen
hundreds of millions of public funds accountable instead they are calling themselves
Bishops as if Bishops don’t hold thieves accountable.
7) Brothers and sisters, we have come here to pray that the Lord touches the heart of our
President, in order to realize that associating himself with self-appointed tribal group,
particularly the so called Jieng Council of Elders is damaging the unity of South
Sudanese and the future of Jieng (Dinka) community.
Let us pray.