Prayer for America

Peace I leave with you,
My peace I give to you;
not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.

- John 14:27

In this world you will have tribulation;
but be of good cheer,
I have overcome the world.

- John 16:33

Happy Birthday, America!

To all my loved ones living in the United States of America:

my one and only dear sister and her family, beloved members of our extended family, close friends, special friends from Family Foundations International, my grade school and high school batchmates, my precious blog friends...

this post is for you.

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

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.


O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled as to console;

to be understood as to understand;

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen.

A World Without America