large as this longing


where there is despair, hope
April 27, 2008, 10:44 pm
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I just spent a weekend with my youth group at an event called Urban Immersion. It was a meaningful weekend to say the least. For now, all the written reflection I might be able to muster is to share the following with you:
The Prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy 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.

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I’m intrigued…where did you all do this urban immersion? sounds like it has burdened your heart!

Comment by Rebecca Larsen May 9, 2008 @ 4:14 pm

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