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The Light of Life
By Peace | May 14, 2008
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. ~ John 8:12
They came to Jericho. As Jesus was leaving with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind man named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road, begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!”
Many scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly,”Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stopped and said,”Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Cheer up!” they said. “Get up, he is calling you.”
He threw off his cloak, jumped up and came to Jesus. “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. “Teacher,” the blind man answered. “I want to see again.”
“Go,” Jesus told him, “your faith has made you well.” At once, he was able to see, and followed Jesus on the road.
~ Mark 10:46-52
A Prayer For Peace
To the Creator of nature and human person,
of truth and beauty, I pray:
Hear my voice,
for it is the voice of the victims of all wars and violence
among individuals and nations;
Hear my voice, for it is the voice
of all children who suffer and will suffer
when people put their faith in weapons and war;
Hear my voice when I beg you to instill into the hearts of all human beings
the wisdom of peace, the strength of justice and the joy of fellowship;
Hear my voice and grant insight and strength
so that we may always respond
to hatred with love, to injustice with total dedication to justice,
to need with the sharing of self,
to war with peace.
O God, hear my voice
and grant unto the world your everlasting peace.
by Pope John Paul II
The Franciscan Peace Prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow charity;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is error, the truth;
Where there is doubt, the faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light; and
Where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying to ourselves that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
June 5th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
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