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Prayer
O Lord of Grace and Mercy
O Dispenser of Love
O our Protector
in this age of war and waste
in this time of lies laundered as truth
in this day of mayhem and madness
ambush us with your love at every turn
cluster-bomb us with your grace and mercy
strike us with your missiles of guidance
commit us to the suicide of our egos
fill the caves of our minds with emptiness
except for the light of your presence
grant us endless loss of our greed and anger
and in the rubble of what we claim is true
help us find ourselves besieged by you
(19 November 2001)
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In these reflections, meditations, prayers and poems written over a month of fasting and shared daily with his friends via email, Shabbir Banoobhai describes the journey of love as a ‘journey of the heart, in the heart, from the heart, to the heart’ and his experience as:
one of spirit engaging with spirit – sometimes trying to remove the veil of selfhood that covers our hearts, or that of ignorance covering our faces. The reflections are about us, for us, about how we see ourselves and how we see others – about who God is and the part played by love in our knowing ourselves. But they are also a commentary on our social condition.
(From lightmail)
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