Soul (And Brain) Food: August 2018 Edition
In addition to our August postcard-writing activity, we continued to share thought-provoking material on our Facebook page to help digest, process, and respond to current events. Missed a few? Catch up in this post.
Also, don’t forget our Twitter feed at @SPC_Sisterhood, where you can find more great articles throughout the month.
“No one is exempt from grief, no one should be pressured to grieve too quickly.”
“As we speak and listen, we need to examine our individual and collective consciences about this sin,” Knestout wrote. “Our prayer, dialogue and examination of conscience should lead to action — individual and community action based upon Scripture, our commitment to social justice, and the dignity of the human person.”
PRAYER FOR PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES (USCCB.org)
O Lord our God, in your mercy and kindness, no thought of ours is left unnoticed, no desire or concern ignored. You have proven that blessings abound when we fall on our knees in prayer, and so we turn to you in our hour of need.
Surrounded by violence and cries for justice, we hear your voice telling us what is required, “Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God” (Mi 6:8). Fill us with your mercy so that we, in turn, may be merciful to others.
Strip away pride, suspicion, and racism so that we may seek peace and justice in our communities. Strengthen our hearts so that they beat only to the rhythm of your holy will. Flood our path with your light as we walk humbly toward a future filled with encounter and unity.
Be with us, O Lord, in our efforts, for only by the prompting of your grace can we progress toward virtue. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
“When Muslim extremists begin to do terrible things, we ask the Muslim community to police itself. When leftist radicals act out, put on black masks, and wreck shopfronts, we act leftists to police them. The same is true for any set of people — gays, Jews, blacks, Asians, and so on. That might not be comfortable — but it’s only natural. Communities set standards for behavior, attitudes, ways of thinking — they establish norms, standards, codes. Why does the white community get — and give itself — a free pass from acting like a well-behaved community of people?”
