"If we understand the Earth as a living, breathing organism, we can heal ourselves and heal the Earth as well."

"Save us then from our obsessions! Open our eyes, dissipate our confusions, teach us to understand ourselves and our adversary."

"We who survive deep pain don’t need to be anyone’s hero, but we can give someone courage, in that moment, to take another breath."

The Center for Interfaith Relations is revisiting Festival of Faiths catalogues in search of insight, wisdom and inspiration. Our hope is that these written words will spur meaningful reflection and serve as a beacon of hope amid challenging times.

The Center for Interfaith Relations is revisiting Festival of Faiths catalogues in search of insight, wisdom and inspiration. Our hope is that these written words will spur meaningful reflection and serve as a beacon of hope amid challenging times.

The Center for Interfaith Relations is revisiting Festival of Faiths catalogues in search of insight, wisdom and inspiration. Our hope is that these written words will spur meaningful reflection and serve as a beacon of hope amid challenging times.

"Oh God, we are one with You. You have made us one with You. You have taught us that if we are open to one another, You will dwell in us. Help us to preserve this openness and to fight for it with all our hearts."

This meditation guide first appeared in the catalogue from our 2013 Festival of Faiths, "Sacred Silence: Pathway to Compassion."

“I will try, like them to be my own silence: and this is difficult. The whole world is secretly on fire."