South Africa commemorates Mandela with day of prayers
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="hymns">hymns</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eulogies">eulogies</span>, <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africans">Africans</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="colors">colors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="creeds">creeds</span> <span word="remembered">remembered</span> <span word="Nelson">Nelson</span> <span word="Mandela">Mandela</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prayer">prayer</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="holding">holding</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="churches">churches</span>, <span word="mosques">mosques</span>, <span word="synagogues">synagogues</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="halls">halls</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Limpopo">Limpopo</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cape">Cape</span>, <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="praise">praise</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reflected">reflected</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="as">as</span> "<span word="Father">Father</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Nation">Nation</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="beacon">beacon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="integrity">integrity</span>, <span word="rectitude">rectitude</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reconciliation">reconciliation</span>.</p><p><span word="Mandela">Mandela</span>, <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="president">president</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="steered">steered</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="apartheid">apartheid</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="multiracial">multiracial</span> <span word="democracy">democracy</span>, <span word="died">died</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 95 <span word="after">after</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="illness">illness</span>.</p><p><span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="then">then</span>, <span word="Africa">Africa</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="powerhouse">powerhouse</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="gripped">gripped</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="outpouring">outpouring</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emotion">emotion</span> <span word="unrivaled">unrivaled</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="Mandela">Mandela</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="from">from</span> 27 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1990. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="fixed">fixed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="crowds">crowds</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="piled">piled</span> <span word="flowers">flowers</span>, <span word="balloons">balloons</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="messages">messages</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="Regina">Regina</span> <span word="Mundi">Mundi</span> <span word="Church">Church</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="epicenter">epicenter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Soweto">Soweto</span> <span word="uprising">uprising</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1976 <span word="against">against</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="rule">rule</span>, <span word="Father">Father</span> <span word="Sebastian">Sebastian</span> <span word="J">J</span>. <span word="Rossouw">Rossouw</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="Mandela">Mandela</span> <span word="as">as</span> "<span word="moonlight">moonlight</span>", <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="guiding">guiding</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>. <span word="Hundreds">Hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="attended">attended</span> <span word="Mass">Mass</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="church">church</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="stil">stil</span>1 <span word="bears">bears</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="scars">scars</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Madiba">Madiba</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="light">light</span>," <span word="Rossouw">Rossouw</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="using">using</span> <span word="Mandela">Mandela</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="clan">clan</span> <span word="name">name</span>. "<span word="He">He</span> <span word="paved">paved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="future">future</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="alone">alone</span>."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prayers">prayers</span> <span word="kicks">kicks</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mourning">mourning</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="includes">includes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="memorial">memorial</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</span> <span word="stadium">stadium</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="funeral">funeral</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Mandela">Mandela</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Cape">Cape</span> <span word="ancestral">ancestral</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Qunu">Qunu</span> - <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="gatherings">gatherings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="history">history</span>.</p>
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