Category Archives: peace
Daily Lectionary Readings for October 19, 2010–Tuesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Ephesians 2:12-22[Brothers and sisters:]You were at that time without Christ,estranged from the community of Israeland strangers to the covenants of promise;having no hope and without God in the world.But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far offhave been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace.Through his flesh, he [...]
Peace with Enemies
“To make peace with an enemy one must work with that enemy, and that enemy becomes one’s partner.” – Nelson Mandela Technorati Tags: Nelson Mandela quote,making peace
Peace in the World
If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the [...]
Peace
Image via Wikipedia "Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty." – [...]
The Earth Is too Small a Star
“The Earth is too small a star and we too briefly a visitor upon it for anything to matter more than the struggle for peace.” – Colman McCarthy Technorati Tags: Colman McCarthy quote,peace
Peace
“We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.” – Thomas Merton Technorati Tags: Thomas Merton,quote,peace
Peace
“We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.” – Thomas Merton Technorati Tags: Thomas Merton,quote,peace
And While We’re at It
let us celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. On this day in 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here are some of his thoughts on war and peace. In his time the war was, of course, in Vietnam, but most of what he wrote then can be easily applied to our current struggles in [...]
An Iron Cross – Quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower
[print_link] Dwight Eisenhower once said, Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of laborers, the [...]
A Prayer for Veterans’ Day
From the website: Center Of Concern We ask for blessings on all those who have served their country in the armed forces. We ask for healing for the veterans who have been wounded, in body and soul, in conflicts around the globe. We pray especially for the young men and women, in the thousands, Who [...]
