Two candles.
Today marks the second Sunday in Advent. Last Sunday was a focus on hope. I intended to post on it, but I never followed through. This week is peace, and I wanted to share a bit of responsive reading for the day courtesy of the PCUSA.Reader: Peace, peace they say, and yet there is no peace.
People: True peace is not achieved by building walls and loading guns, but by loving one another.
Reader: We are called to be peacemakers.
People: Make us channels of your peace, O, Lord. For from you comes true peace.
Reader: We light this candle of peace to remind us that true peace is possible, because in Jesus we are reconciled to God and to one another.
People: Even in a violent and hurting world we trust in your great love, which is always stronger than our weaknesses, pride and fear.
Reader: O, Prince of Peace, come and grant the world your peace.
People: Salam, salam, salam. Maranatha!
Please join me in praying for peace this week. The hope of Advent is the possibility of reconciliation, the irrationality of love, and the promise of peace.
posted by Erin 11:01 PM
3 Comments:
When Gandhi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he replied "I think it would be an excellent idea". I think this is something that really resonates in the current position of the First World. People need to think about peace as a universal concept as opposed to an individual ideal. By that I mean to say just because we are living in peace doesn't mean that we are ALL living in peace. As a result of our microcosim we become paranoid, create Axis of Evil and constantly arm against the latest boogeyman. To live in peace must also be redefined in that peace is not the absence of war, but the absence of oppression. Our peace in the West is a product of exploitation - how can any peace be negotiated if it is through the surrender of another party?
I share your prayers.
man, another thursday without seeing erin...
there's tubas playing on saturday, though...Hmmm:)
Minister- First off, thank you for spelling Gandhi correctly. I have seen it spelled with a "Gh" too many times.
Yes, the absence of oppression- and the presence of something stronger- love. Something has to fill that human void. Thank you for the thoughtful comment.
Tiff- Tubas? Sounds intriguing.
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