{"id":57,"date":"2010-04-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/prayers-continue-as-hope-fades-for-west-virginia-miners.html"},"modified":"2010-04-08T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T11:00:00","slug":"prayers-continue-as-hope-fades-for-west-virginia-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/prayers-continue-as-hope-fades-for-west-virginia-miners.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayers Continue as Hope Fades for West Virginia Miners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue efforts have resumed for the four trapped men that may still be alive deep beneath the earth, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/08\/us\/08westvirginia.html?ref=us\">four days after the&nbsp;West&nbsp;Virginia coal mine disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The blast killed 25 miners; 18 of their bodies have yet to be recovered. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jxHCZsRXECQX1EL9i-AakghyY9XwD9EUT7780\">the Associated Press<\/a>: &#8220;Officials and townsfolk alike acknowledged they didn&#8217;t expect to find any of the four missing miners alive more than two days after the massive explosion. Poisonous gases have filled the underground tunnels since Monday afternoon&#8217;s blast.&#8221; Understandably, however,&nbsp;families are clinging to hope today.<\/p>\n<p>Church leaders have been leading prayers for the rescue and recovery efforts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/w._virginia_bishop_says_mass_for_victims_of_coal_mine_explosion\/\">W. Virginia bishop says Mass for victims of coal mine explosion <\/a>(Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/04\/prayer-for-victims-of-the-west-virginia-mine-explosion.html\">Prayer for Victims of the West Virginia Mine Explosion <\/a>(Beliefnet)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religionblog.dallasnews.com\/archives\/2010\/04\/bishop-td-jakes-on-the-w-va-mi.html\">Bishop T.D. Jakes on the W. Va. mining tragedy <\/a>(Dallas Morning News Religion Blog)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check back for updates and share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue efforts have resumed for the four trapped men that may still be alive deep beneath the earth, four days after the&nbsp;West&nbsp;Virginia coal mine disaster. The blast killed 25 miners; 18 of their bodies have yet to be recovered. 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