Litany for Peace
Abbot Brian Brown has posted a beautiful Litany for Peace to the Anam Turas email group on Celtic spirituality, in honor of the Feast Day of St. Martin of Tours. The archives of Anam Turas are open to the public, so you can read the Litany without joining the group (although you're certainly welcome to do so, if interested):
Reading (and praying) the Litany, I was reminded of Jimmy Carter's recent words, that he worships the Prince of Peace, not the Prince of Pre-emptive War.
The Litany for Peace includes one of my favorite prayers for peace, from the Book of Common Prayer:
Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that all people may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of Peace, as children of one Father; to whom be dominion and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
Also worth checking out: cyberfriend Jon has an excellent post on his blog about the quote from the Sufi mystic Rumi, "Sell your cleverness, and buy bewilderment" (the post dated November 10th).
Darrell
www.WildFaith.com
Reading (and praying) the Litany, I was reminded of Jimmy Carter's recent words, that he worships the Prince of Peace, not the Prince of Pre-emptive War.
The Litany for Peace includes one of my favorite prayers for peace, from the Book of Common Prayer:
Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that all people may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of Peace, as children of one Father; to whom be dominion and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
Also worth checking out: cyberfriend Jon has an excellent post on his blog about the quote from the Sufi mystic Rumi, "Sell your cleverness, and buy bewilderment" (the post dated November 10th).
Darrell
www.WildFaith.com
posted by Darrell Grizzle | 4:43 PM
2 Comments:
Thanks for both of those links. I loved the peace quote by Thomas Merton. I'll have to keep that one.
I saw President Carter on Larry King and was very impressed.
And the article Jon wrote is fantastic!
Glad to read about you getting settled in your new place. May it be a haven for you and others, full of peace.
Darrell, Thank you for this. Thomas Merton's quote is so perfect for this Litany for Peace reflection:
"Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It
demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a
much more perfect purity of conscience." - St. Thomas Merton
I also enjoyed Jon's Rumi post on selling cleverness, and buying bewilderment. Sometimes we get so far from the fidelity to the truth when we submerge ourselves with the political.
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