As we approach the 4th of July we honor our faith tradition of Interdependence. We are not meant to live solitary, independent lives. We are called to community, connection, relationship. We live the kindom.
INTERDEPENDENCE MOMENT OF ONENESS JULY 1,2020
From Living Buddha, Living Christ
Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace within ourselves. If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us----our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states.- Thich Nhat Hanh
Prayer of Saint Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is doubt, faith
Where there is despair, hope
Where there is darkness, light
And where there is sadness, joy
O Divine Master, grant that I may
Not so much seek to be consoled as to console
To be understood, as to understand
To be loved, as to love
For it is in giving that we receive
And it's in pardoning that we are pardoned
And it's in dying that we are born to Eternal Life
Amen
SILENT REFLECTION ON READINGS
Prayers For Our World
For peace in our families, in our community, and in the world, we pray… Let it Be So
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For the courage to truly embrace the suffering of others, and to promote reconciliation and healing, we pray… Let it Be So
╬ For the ability to advance peace in the world, one kindness at a time, we pray… Let it Be So
╬ For an end to racial tension and violence against the LGBTQ people in our communities, with the help and hope that the Holy Wisdom provides, we pray… Let it Be So
╬ For an increase of civil dialogue among city and community leaders, so that the doors of community reconciliation will break open, we pray… Let it Be So
╬ That we may understand and promote restorative justice, beginning with communication and active listening to nurture peace, we pray… Let it Be So
Closing: I am not alone, there is a love holding me.
May I move gently through this cloudy, murky, gray day.
May I remember that this is just one day,
and that showing up is at least half of what is asked of me.
May I set aside my underlying anxiety that I will not get to everything
and put my trust and faith onto the riverbank of human community — we are working together.
I am not alone. There is a Love holding me that is unconcerned with my day's to-do list and more concerned with my spirit's survival, even its thriving, in this beautiful, challenging world. May we all remember that 'Rome wasn't built in a day,' that our efforts are part of an ongoing stream of efforts, of lives being lived beside one another, shoring up this world.
May what little I do today be for the greater good.
May I be gentle with others today as I long for others to be gentle with me.
May it be so.
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