tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post3179842118411125448..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: In a Glass, DarklyTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-28956091790819664372014-08-09T07:56:32.241-05:002014-08-09T07:56:32.241-05:00Thank you, John, for your kind words and your beau...Thank you, John, for your kind words and your beautiful prayer. Blessings!Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-73978360232257938752014-08-08T19:56:05.655-05:002014-08-08T19:56:05.655-05:00This is just eloquent, Tobias, and presents precis...This is just eloquent, Tobias, and presents precisely one of my most serious spiritual difficulties: to our sorrow, we Christians usually behave no differently than any of the rest of our religious brothers and sisters. In my daily prayers, I use the following to address this issue - I call it my "Universalist Prayer". (Yes, I borrowed the first line from the BCP as a 'jumping off' place, but the rest is my own.)<br /><br />O God, You made of one blood all the peoples of the earth; <br /> You created us in Your image, and You called us good.<br />Yet all around us we see our human family divided: <br /> driven by greed, fear, pride, and ignorance into endless conflict; <br /> and sundered from one another and from You.<br />We pray, therefore, for the redemption and reunion of all<br /> humankind.<br />Help us to hear Your voice, even when It speaks in words<br /> that are unfamiliar to us;<br />Help us to feel united by Your Holy Spirit, even with those<br /> who call you by another name;<br />And help us to see that Your redeeming work is being done<br /> in all people who love God <br /> and show mercy to one another. Amen.John Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00576961078772976788noreply@blogger.com