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December 9, 2021

Peace

Peace

The Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn in 1976

As we are together, praying for Peace, let us be truly with each other.

Silence

Let us pay attention to our breathing.

Silence

Let us be relaxed in our bodies and our minds.

Silence

Let us be at peace with our bodies and our minds.

Silence

Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves.  Let us maintain a half-smile on our faces.

Silence

Let us be aware of the source of being common to us all

and to all living things.

Silence

Evoking the presence of the Great Compassion,

let us fill our hearts with our own compassion —

 towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

Silence

Let us pray that all living beings realize that they are all brothers and sisters, all nourished from the same source of life.

Silence

Let us pray that we ourselves cease 

to be the cause of suffering to each other.

Silence

Let us plead with ourselves to live in a way which will not deprive other living beings of air, water, food, shelter, or the chance to live.

Silence

With humility, with awareness of the existence of life, and of the sufferings that are going on around us, let us pray for the establishment of peace in our hearts and on earth.

Amen.

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