Advent Meditation - December 10th

Tuesday, December 10th

Season of Peace

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.
~ St. Francis of Assisi

            We are a people longing for peace. Around and within, we know that there are conflicts and broken places. We know that we are spending too many resources of money and time, spending our whole lives seeking after, searching for, and aching for peace.

            This prayer attributed to St. Francis from the 13th century speaks healing to our broken places. It is in our broken place where grace and mercy hold us. Peace isn’t something we can watch happen. It will come though our daily practice and prayer. Peace comes when we remember who always is holding our hearts. With our whole selves focused, we pray for peace to come to all God’s children this Advent.

Breath Prayer:  (You fill in your words for where you are wanting focus) “Where there is ____ “  “____”

Prayer: Holy One, we are your children, your sons and daughters. Make us instruments of your peace this day and all our days, so that we may study war no more. May peace live in and through us, this we pray, Amen.  

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