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Written by Annie Dillard
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Friday, 01 November 2002 |
The gaps are the spirit’s one home, the altitudes and latitudes so
dazzlingly spare and clean that the spirit can discover itself for the
first time like a once blind (wo)man unbound. The gaps are the cliffs
in the rock where you cower to see the back parts of God; they are the
fissures between mountains and cells the wind lances through, the icy
narrowing fiords splitting the cliffs of mystery.
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Written by 8th Day Center
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Wednesday, 11 September 2002 |
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Creator God, we come to the end of a year filled with grief and hope. A
year when we were asked to be united, but sometimes felt more apart. It
was a year in which the drumbeats of war and despair mingled with the
calls for peace and hope. Help those who have lost loved ones to feel
the love that surrounds them. Help all of us to live up to the call of
Jesus, to be “prophets of love and servants of reconciliation.”
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Written by RSCJ of the Grand Coteau/Baton Rouge Area
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Saturday, 01 June 2002 |
We are women
whose spirituality acknowledges
the ever-present glory of God, who is love.
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Written by 8th Day Center
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Monday, 01 April 2002 |
We renew the belief in the holiness of the earth and the sanctity of all life.
We declare we are at peace with all people of good will.
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Written by John Paul II
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Friday, 25 January 2002 |
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On Thursday, January 24, 2002 John Paul II has called
representatives of world religions to gather in Assisi to pray for
peace. Let us join in this prayer.
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Written by Terma Collective
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Friday, 21 December 2001 |
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As we pray and act for peace we open ourselves again to feel the world...
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Written by RSCJ.org
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Friday, 14 December 2001 |
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People of faith have been called to join the Holy Father in a prayer
for mutual understanding, harmony and peace among the world's peoples,
made in the context of an international scene that "continues to
exhibit worrisome tensions." In particular this prayer will visualize a
stable peace based on justice and will be empower by the communal act
of fasting.
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Written by Alan Paton
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Friday, 07 December 2001 |
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The first Sunday of Advent calls us to be Awake so together we pray.
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Written by Nan C. Merrill
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Friday, 23 November 2001 |
Hope impels us to try to make of our world
a great banquet
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Written by RSCJ.org
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Friday, 16 November 2001 |
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Ramadan (Nov. 16-Dec. 15) is a month-long fast for more than one
billion Muslims worldwide. It is a time of intensive worship, reading
the Quran, giving charity, purifying one's behavior, and doing good
deeds.
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Written by RSCJ.org
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Friday, 09 November 2001 |
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The Peace and Justice Committee remind you to continue the Friday
prayer and fasting in union with those who pray and fast in the
religion of Islam for peace in our torn world.
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Written by Joan Kirby, rscj
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Friday, 02 November 2001 |
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I propose an Interfaith Prayer for the third week of our Friday prayer and fast. My suggestion is that we meditate on four of the famous EIGHT VERSES
ON TRAINING THE MIND by Geshe Lang-tri Tang-pa of the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition.
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Written by RSCJ.org
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Thursday, 25 October 2001 |
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Might this be the fast we are all called to for Peace?
"This is what the Lord asks of you, only this;
That you act justly, that you love tenderly;
That you walk humbly with your God." Amos 6:8
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Written by RSCJ.org
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Thursday, 18 October 2001 |
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Last week the US Justice and Peace Committee had a conference call
at which we talked about potential foci for the Province this year.
What became crystal clear during the call is that the world has set our
agenda. In the midst of war, widespread violence and unimaginable
suffering, We want to stand resolutely for peace, not war, for justice,
not revenge, for hope, not despair.
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Written by Pedro Arrupe, sj
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Monday, 01 October 2001 |
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Nothing is more practical than finding God,
that is, falling in love in a quite absolute,
final way. What you are in with, what seizes
your imagination, will affect everything. It will
decide what will get you out of bed in the
morning, what you will do with your evenings,
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Written by Joyce Rupp
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Wednesday, 01 August 2001 |
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silent August night
the words I'd long held
surged out in whisper;
almost as though rustle
of the forests' oak leaves
bid the truth be told;
"I am so afraid."
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Written by Helen Keller
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Friday, 01 June 2001 |
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
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Written by Adrienne Rich
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Tuesday, 01 May 2001 |
Force nothing, be unfaced,
Accept no giant miracles of growth
By counterfeit light
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Written by W.H. Auden
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Sunday, 01 April 2001 |
If we fill our lives with things, and again with things,
If we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action,
when will we have time to make the long slow desert
across the desert as did the Magi
or sit and watch the stars as did the shepherds or brood over the coming of the child as did Mary?
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Written by Meister Eckhart
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Friday, 01 September 2000 |
If the soul knows God in creatures, night falls.
If it sees how it has its being in God, morning breaks.
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