“Demonization of the other only fuels conflict. The more certain one’s sense of righteous rectitude, (the side of the angels) the more adamant is one’s determination never to shake hands with the devil. When the course of action must be my way or no way, then no compromise and no retreat is a declaration of war.”—Robert Langan
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
It has been a long day, Lord
Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually exhausting
Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted… your words, Lord
Even though we walk through the Valley of the Shadows you are with us
Walk as well with my Dad through this difficult time
Now as my eyelids grow heavy
I lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
“Born of our deep interdependence, compassion is essential to human relationships and to a fulfilled humanity. It is the path to enlightenment, and indispensable to the creation of a just economy and a peaceful global community.”—Karen Armstrong
“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”—Angela Davis
Verse of the day
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
– Genesis 8:22
Voice of the day
My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.
– Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed(1974)
Prayer of the day Help us to respect the rights of all people and all species and help us to willingly share your gifts today and always.
– Fiona Murdoch
Thursday September 16, 2021
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge . . . is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.”—Bill Bullard
Verse of the day
May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus.
– Romans 15:5
Voice of the day
In Beloved Community, radically inclusive and resilient love is the norm. It is a community in which we are constantly seeking to build and restore right relationships.
– Adam Russell Taylor, A More Perfect Union (2021)
Prayer of the day Clear the way in us, your people, that we might call others to freedom and renewed faith.
– Gwyn Cashmore and Joan Puls
“Peacemaking, like most beautiful things, begins small. Matthew 18 gives us a clear process for making peace with someone who has hurt or offended us; first we are to talk directly with them, not at them or around them . . . Straight talk is counter-cultural in a world that prefers politeness to honesty.
Peacemaking begins with what we can change—ourselves. But it doesn’t end there. We are to be peacemakers in a world riddled with violence. That means interrupting violence with imagination, in our streets and in our world.”—Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or
weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who
sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless
the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the
joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.
Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake
we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.
A special prayer for this night from The Book of Common Prayer…
Dona Nobis Pacem…
