A Cry for Peace
By Henri Nouwen
Out of the depths;
Not from the top of our lungs;
Not out of the need just to do something;
Not out of pure frustration, anger, desire for revenge;
Not out of the superficiality of our restlessness.
Out of the very depths of our being we cry to God for peace.
Out of that fearful place where we have to confess that we too are part of the destruction against which we are protesting.
Out
of that center where we discover that we too are so high up in the air
that we have become numb and no longer see, feel and hear the agony of
thousands who are struck by the seeds of destruction…
Out
of that empty spot of silence,where we feel helpless, embarrassed, and
powerless, where we suffer from our own impotence to stop the reign of
death in our world.
Out of those depths we cry to the Lord and say:
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
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