{"product_id":"2940151638579","title":"Prayers for Peace","description":"Poetry and Prayers for Peace\u003cbr\u003eFAITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rainbow\u003cbr\u003eThe First Covenant was sealed with a Rainbow. \u003cbr\u003eDoes hope for Interfaith Harmony lie there?\u003cbr\u003eOne image that conveys hope is the shared experience \u003cbr\u003eis of three abused and traumatized individuals walking \u003cbr\u003ethrough darkness, holding flickering candles lit by their \u003cbr\u003eancestors long ago to illuminate their way. \u003cbr\u003eEach of the three wanderers longs for the security of \u003cbr\u003ehis lost homeland and for the chance to define himself \u003cbr\u003eagain in positive terms after being defined negatively \u003cbr\u003eby others. Each of them fears that, out of the darkness, \u003cbr\u003esome enemy will attack, making him a victim once \u003cbr\u003eagain. None of them is able to trust others who might \u003cbr\u003ehelp him overcome the trauma and the dread. \u003cbr\u003eThen, suddenly, the three of them converge, and \u003cbr\u003etheir candles illuminate each other’s faces. Each \u003cbr\u003eexperiences the shock of mutual recognition. In the \u003cbr\u003ehuman faces is a reflection of something mysteriously \u003cbr\u003edivine, so that each can echo the wondrous exclamation \u003cbr\u003eof the wounded Jacob, renamed Israel upon reuniting \u003cbr\u003ewith his estranged brother Esau: “For I have truly seen \u003cbr\u003eyour face as though seeing the face of God.” (Genesis \u003cbr\u003e33:10) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn awareness of the divine aspect of each other’s \u003cbr\u003eidentity would help us overcome our conditioned fears, \u003cbr\u003eloyalties and animosities. ... The underlying, liberating \u003cbr\u003etruth is that the one Creator has made us all in the divine \u003cbr\u003eimage, every human person being infinitely precious \u003cbr\u003eand beloved in God’s sight. \u003cbr\u003eHere on earth, our common father Abraham and \u003cbr\u003eour mother city Jerusalem make all of us sisters and brothers in the family of believers. If we could recognize \u003cbr\u003eone another in that spirit, even while dialoguing about \u003cbr\u003edistinct identities and vocations, we could work together \u003cbr\u003eto sanctify God’s holy land and the entire creation, \u003cbr\u003esharing the divine blessing of shalom.\u003cbr\u003eCopyright: Yehezkel Landau\/Harvard University \u003cbr\u003eADAPTED FROM  LIGHT OF AN ANGEL MM SNYDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOETRY\u003cbr\u003eTHE SUN AND THE BRIDGE\u003cbr\u003ePARADISE DREAM","brand":"M.M.Snyder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168433160432,"sku":"2940151638579","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151638579_p0.jpg?v=1772571614","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151638579","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}