This is my prayer for our nation, that each of us goes a little further to the margins, peripheries, and abandoned places in our communities to touch the poor there. I pray that we endure a little longer in the service of our fellow human beings, helping to lighten the load of those who endure far too much injustice. And to look closer, both within ourselves and our communities, to search and to find God’s image in everyone we meet.
I pray that after we have done this, we may discover that lasting and true peace that can only be found when we give ourselves in selfless service to others.
—from Franciscan Spirit‘s “We Must Rediscover the Soul of America“
by Tyler Grudi, OFM
