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The Next Breath
Yearly Archives: 2016
From The Accidental Talmudist:
Please join me in praying for the victims of the terrorist attack in Istanbul. It appears that at least 36 people are dead and over 145 injured.
May the memory of the departed always be for a blessing.
May the wounded receive a complete and speedy recovery.
May they and their families be comforted in their grief, and relieved from the hardships which follow.
May the perpetrators, living and dead, receive absolute and speedy justice from the Eternal.
May we all take inspiration to help repair this badly broken world, using every means available.
And let us say Amen.
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A Prayer for Enfolding and Emitting
Holy Spirit, enfold me into yourself
“Mourning makes us poor; it powerfully reminds us of our smallness. But it is precisely here, in that pain or poverty or awkwardness, that the Dancer invites us to rise up and take the first steps. For in our suffering, not apart from it, Jesus enters our sadness, takes us by the hand, pulls us gently up to stand, and invites us to dance…”
-Henri Nouwen,
from Turn my Mourning into Dancing: Finding Hope in Hard Times
Afternoon to Evening
In early summer, feel the turning of the long afternoon to evening. If you feel consolation, and then that slight urgency to hold on to it: rest knowing that nothing […]…
Prayer for the Mourning
In the aftermath of the tragedy in Orlando, we offer our prayers and set our hearts to work for peace:
Our hearts stand in solidarity with the community of Orlando and all the victims of violence and hate crimes.
“The word paradise comes from the Persian, where it originally meant ‘wilderness,’ and there is no doubt a lesson there.”
-Kathleen Norris
