Reflect: Mary Oliver’s “Pink Moon – The Pond”
"And thats when you know you will live whether you will or not, one way or another, because everything is everything else, one long muscle. It's no more mysterious than that."
Reflect: An Island of Peace Within One’s Soul
"How foolish it is, how terrible, if you have not found your Island of Peace within your own soul! It means that you are living without the discovery of your true home."
Reflect: ‘The Slave Mother’ by Frances HW Harper
CIR is revisiting Festival of Faiths catalogues in search of insight, wisdom and inspiration. Our hope is that these written words will spur meaningful reflection amid challenging times.
Reflect: So, What is Hope?
Hope may be elusive, but it is woven into the fabric of everyday life. We can’t walk or speak without hope.
Reflect: The Nine Prayers
"May I be peaceful, happy and light in body and spirit. May he/she be peaceful, happy, and light in body in spirit. May they be peaceful, happy, and light in body in spirit."
Reflect: ‘The Hill We Climb’ by inaugural poet Amanda Gorman
The Center for Interfaith Relations is exploring the written [...]
Reflect: Merton’s “Letters to a White Liberal”
"How is Christianity involved in the Negro struggle? Dr. Martin Luther King has appealed to strictly Christian motives. He has based his non-violence in his belief that love can unite men, even enemies, in truth."
Reflect: Ruminations on Thomas Merton
"Merton became a witness to the truth that God is against all forms of injustice in the world..."
Reflect: Love Letter to the Earth
"If we understand the Earth as a living, breathing organism, we can heal ourselves and heal the Earth as well."
Reflect: Merton’s Prayer for Peace
"Save us then from our obsessions! Open our eyes, dissipate our confusions, teach us to understand ourselves and our adversary."