Peace Prayer Reflection: Where there is hatred, let me sow loveBy: Judith Terrameo OSF "Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet." Maya Angelou Every night when I watch the news, I e...
Peace Prayer Reflection: Where there is injury, pardonBy: Marita Flynn OSF Come let us worship our God - who calls us to all that is good. "The reality of the good news is that if we accept the forgiveness of ou...
Peace Prayer Reflection: Where this doubt, faithBy: Judith Terrameo OSF Every Thursday I do chaplain ministry at the Neighborhood Center, a clinic for the poor operated by Mount St. Mary's Hospital, in the...
Peace Prayer Reflection: Where there is despair, hopeBy: Lilian Cristina Pinheiro OSF Etymologically, hope means "trust in something positive." It is a dynamic waiting, a time dedicated to building something of...
Peace Prayer Reflection: Where there is darkness, lightBy: Colleen Brady OSF John 12:46 - "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." I sat at the round tab...
Peace Prayer Reflection: Where there is sadness, joyBy: Carol Ann Hoppe OSF On the morning I chose to write this reflection, I prayed to the Holy Spirit. Lo and behold! There in the Morning Praise of our Fran...
Peace Prayer Reflection: Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to consoleBy: Alba Mejia, Associate The first request is that of consoling others. Here the believer is to ask how they might console someone else first, rather than s...
Peace Prayer Reflection: To be understood as to understandBy: Lucy Cardet OSF Being an instrument of peace involves understanding. The key is seeking … It is human to want to be understood and sometimes frustrating...
Peace Prayer Reflection: To be loved as to loveBy: Judith Terrameo OSF An expert in the law tried to test Jesus by asking him what was the greatest commandment in the Law of Moses. Jesus summarized the e...
Peace Prayer Reflection: For it is in giving that we receiveBy: Judith Terrameo OSF As I reflect on this phrase from the Prayer of St. Francis, I am aware of how true it is. I was bemoaning the fact that I had to work...
Peace Prayer Reflection: It is in pardoning that we are pardonedBy: Marita Flynn OSF The perfection of God and the quality of mercy are almost synonymous. Mercy is the outpouring to others of God’s gift of mercy that we h...
Peace Prayer Reflection: It is in dying that we are born to eternal lifeBy: Michele Dolyk OSF We are constantly faced with making choices. Our choices can bring light or darkness into the world. It’s a transformative action. I...
