Pray the news
News of a mass grave in Iraq containing the bodies of hundreds of Kurdish men, women, and children reminded me of a group of cloistered Carmelite nuns who "pray the news" each day.As they state on their website:
We look . . . and all too often, it seems, there is no one to help. No one, it seems, to free the oppressed, uphold the fallen, or shelter the homeless.
We may view these events through a television screen, the front page of a newspaper--or even the eyes of someone who has seen. However they come to us, these painful reminders of the incompleteness of the world are everywhere.
It is in this context, then, that we pray the news. By continuously making ourselves aware of the present moment of the universe, we awaken ourselves to our presence to God--and in our own way, participate in the healing, loving, and creative energy this process can spark.
.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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