The Lenten Desert is part of a series of posts from the Brother James Michael Dowd, ohc called “Peace Before the Sun Goes Down.” Once again, here at the monastery, as throughout the Christian world, we have begun our observance of Lent which feels, even as late in the calendar as it is this year,…
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Service recalls Louisville’s 62 homicide victims from 2010
By Peter Smith of the Courier-Journal.com Lighting candles, singing plaintive hymns and offering prayers for peace and choked-up remembrances of the slain, scores of people gathered Sunday afternoon in Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Louisville to recall the city’s 62 victims of homicide in 2010. Highlight: The service was inspired in part by similar services…
Pray: Their plowshares are beat into swords
Isaiah 2:4 They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. Their plowshares are beat into swords By Walter Brueggemann Appears in the book Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth And now their plowshares are…
“Budrus” A New Film of Israeli’s & Palestinians Working Together
Budrus. You may have seen it yourself or read of this award winning documentary about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. I don’t want to give away the…
September 21st International Day of Peace
Prayer for Prayers of the People – September 19th: “Holy God, open our eyes to a fresh vision for a peaceful world and strengthen our will to seek alternatives to revenge and violence.” BULLETIN INSERTS for September 19th full sheet color here full sheet black and white here 1/2 sheet color here 1/2 sheet black…
Bishop Paul Jones
Bishop Jones is honored September 4th. in Holy Women, Holy Men: Calendar of Saints (new names for Lesser Feasts and Fasts) : In April 1918, the House of Bishops tried to silence a prominent Episcopal voice against World War I, Bishop Paul Jones. Jones, serving then-Missionary District of Utah, was forced to resign his post…
Book of Prayers for the Vigil for Reconciliation and Peace
Thank you to all who have contributed prayers for this occasion. Prayers for the Vigil for Reconciliation and Peace June 18-19, 2010 “The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.” Ps. 19:8 Holy God, open our eyes to a fresh vision for a peaceful world along with the will to seek alternatives to…
Contributed Prayers for the Vigil for Peace and Reconciliation
These Prayers were contributed by EPF members in honor of the Consecration of Bishop James Magness, June, 2010 They were used during a Vigil held in the Mary Chapel at the National Cathedral. “The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.” Ps. 19:8 Holy God, open our eyes to a fresh vision for…
Prayers for the Middle East
Prayers for Peace in the Middle East Sustain together in undiminished hope, O God of hope, those who continue to labor with undiminished determination to build peace in the land from which, of old, out of brokenness, violence and destruction, nevertheless hope emerged for so many of faith. . . . Bless all the spiritual…
Summary of Anglican/Episcopal Statements on Peace and Nonviolence
From Creating a Culture of Peace As Episcopalians living at the start of the 21st Century, we can clearly identify the prophetic voice of Christ as a source of inspiration and encouragement in our own faith tradition. The Episcopal Church, and wider Anglican Communion, inspires us to be nonviolent peacemakers in all areas of our…
