Peace

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In Search of Serenity

Each time I pray the words of the Serenity Prayer, I am reminded of how I am not in control of my life or the people and situations around me.

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Lord, Disarm Me

Loving God of heaven and earth, I can conceal nothing from you. I beg you to disarm me of my harsh judgments, my sense of entitlement, my short fuse.
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I’d Like to Say: We Need to Stop ‘Othering’

The time-honored practice of labeling and excluding those who differ from us is eating away at our Christian call to love one another. 
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Bedrock of Franciscan Peacemaking

Mutual giving and receiving is the bedrock of Franciscan peacemaking.
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A Palestinian boy wounded in an Israeli strike waits to receive treatment at a hospital as Israeli forces launch a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 7, 2024. (OSV News photo/Hatem Khaled, Reuters)

Access to aid in Gaza should not be a ‘bargaining chip,’ Caritas says

Israel's escalation in Rafah is only worsening the humanitarian situation for countless men, women and children caught in the crossfire.
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Be an Agent of Peace

The well-known hymn, “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace,” is often associated with the life and ministry of St. Francis of Assisi.
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Now What?

Are you too busy to be bored? I hope not. It might seem like an odd thing to celebrate, but in our world of nonstop digital interaction and hurried work and family life, boredom is something of a rarity.
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