Peace be with you all.
The peace walk from the peace fountain in Southampton. had been arranged months ago, it just happened to coincide with America's strike against Iran. God makes things happen for a reason. We walked together and went inside a mosque, gurdwara, synagogue and Quaker meeting hall.
Inside the synagogue, I said we are all brothers and sisters together in this troubled world and said this blessing..
MAY GOD BLESS YOU with discomfort,
at easy answers, half-truths,
and superficial relationships
so that you may live
deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression,
and exploitation of people,
so that you may work for
justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears,
to shed for those who suffer pain,
rejection, hunger, and war,
so that you may reach out your hand
to comfort them and
to turn their pain to joy.
And may God bless you
with enough foolishness
to believe that you can
make a difference in the world,
so that you can do
what others claim cannot be done,
to bring justice and kindness
to all our children and the poor.
Amen.
After I made the blessing, the chair for the interfaith group asked other faith leaders to come to the front and pray. A rabbi, imam and a vicar prayed together for us.
There is a desire for peace in our troubled world.
The peace walk from the peace fountain in Southampton. had been arranged months ago, it just happened to coincide with America's strike against Iran. God makes things happen for a reason. We walked together and went inside a mosque, gurdwara, synagogue and Quaker meeting hall.
Inside the synagogue, I said we are all brothers and sisters together in this troubled world and said this blessing..
MAY GOD BLESS YOU with discomfort,
at easy answers, half-truths,
and superficial relationships
so that you may live
deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression,
and exploitation of people,
so that you may work for
justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears,
to shed for those who suffer pain,
rejection, hunger, and war,
so that you may reach out your hand
to comfort them and
to turn their pain to joy.
And may God bless you
with enough foolishness
to believe that you can
make a difference in the world,
so that you can do
what others claim cannot be done,
to bring justice and kindness
to all our children and the poor.
Amen.
After I made the blessing, the chair for the interfaith group asked other faith leaders to come to the front and pray. A rabbi, imam and a vicar prayed together for us.
There is a desire for peace in our troubled world.