More Thoughts About Prayer
Today we continue to explore the theme of prayer. Prayer is important to people of every faith tradition. We’ve spent some time in the Christian and Jewish traditions this week. Today we move to the Islamic tradition and find this prayer of faith. It is named an “opener prayer” and comes from the Koran.
“In the Name of God, the merciful Lord of mercy,
Praise be to God, the Lord of all being,
The merciful Lord of mercy,
Master of the day of judgment.
You alone we serve: to You alone we come for aid.
Guide us in the straight path,
The path of those whom You have blessed,
Not of those against whom there is displeasure,
Nor of those who go astray.”
Prayer could be defined as: the soul seeking clarity for the journey through life. This is true in all the traditions we’ve explored this week.
A prayer: May I find you guiding me in the straight path, O Lord. Amen.
--Ben Keckler
01.21.10
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