You are Ready to Forgive
For You, Lord,
are good,
and
*ready
to forgive,
And
abundant in
lovingkindness
to
all
who call
upon You.
Psalm 86:5
5
주는 선하사
*용서할 준비가
되어 있으시며
(사죄하기를
즐거워하시며)
주께 부르짖는
자에게
인자함이
후하심이니이다
시편 86:5
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견디다
울대가 없어
울지 못하는
황새와
눈이 늘 젖어 있어
따로 울지 않는
낙타와
일생에
단 한 번 울다 죽는
가시나무새와
백년에
단 한 번 피우는
용설란과
한 꽃대에
삼천 송이 꽃을
피우다
하루 만에 죽는
호텔펠리니아
꽃과
물 속에서
천 일을 견디다
스물다섯 번
허물 벗고 성충이 된 뒤
하루 만에 죽는
하루살이와
울지 않는
흰띠거품벌레에게
나는 말하네
견디는
자만이 살 수
있다
그러나
누가 그토록
견디는가
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Gun Violence Prayers 2
Merciful Lord,
we come to you heavy hearted,
for we have heard the cries of
the slain calling to us from the ground.
We come remembering
all the lives lost to the weapons of war
that have flooded our communities.
We come reminded
of the many bodies locked in jails and
prisons all across this country.
And we ask for your mercy.
Although we find ourselves
in a broken world –a world in which
hurting people hurt other people,
it is no mystery that
you are a God capable
of healing our world
through justice and fairness.
Your own revelation has shown us that
you stand firmly with those people
whose backs are against the wall.
Your own life demonstrates
how you came from heaven to earth
to redeem creation,
our communities and our own lives.
So we ask for this same redemptive power
to be unleashed among us as it was
on the day of Pentecost.
May we be empowered by your Spirit
to reverse the conditions that
produce young men and women
who are driven to resort to violence
and destructive behavior in their fight
to stay alive and struggle to remain free.
We know that
you have no pleasure
in the death of anyone,
so we boldly come
to the throne of grace
today dear Lord,
seeking your wisdom
as we create strategies that provide
pathways and lifelines to hope and healing.
Help us to remember
we are all your children,
created in your image,
and we are connected by a single garment
of mutuality and destiny.
Cause us to never forget how our needs are
the same and our calling to address
these needs are the same.
Reveal to us Lord,
that the pain felt in Newtown is
the same pain felt in Chicago.
The tears shed in Oak Creek are
the same tears shed in Oakland.
The lives lost in Tucson are
the same lives lost in Camden.
The children being buried in Aurora are
the same children being buried in Detroit.
We cry out to you,
heal our souls from
this scourge of violence.
Endow us
with the courage
to step down from the pulpits
and out from behind our desks
to seek the peace of the city.
In the coming days and weeks
as our leaders debate solutions,
Lord we ask that
you grant us the voice
to speak truth power
and demonstrate
sacrificial compassion to
the hurting.
Teach us your ways, O God.
Bless us with the wisdom
and strength to put down
our swords and be peacemakers.
Use us,
work through us
and,
if necessary,
work in spite of us to mend
our nation’s brokenness.
We thank you for
your protecting embrace
and unfailing love.
All of these requests we bring to you,
in the name of Jesus the Christ we pray.
Amen.
-People Improving Communities through Organizing (PICO)-
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Hear My Prayer
1
Save me,
O God,
by
your
name;
vindicate
me
by
your
might.
2
Hear
my prayer,
O God;
listen to
the words of
my mouth.
Psalm 54:1-2
1
하나님이여
주의
이름으로
나를
구원하시고
주의
힘으로
나를
판단하소서
2
하나님이여
내 기도를
들으시며
내 입의
말에
귀를
기울이소서
시편 54:1-2
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울음소리
지금
가까운 곳에서
누군가
울고 있습니다
아무도
메꾸어 줄 수
없고
누구에 의해서도
채워질 수
없는
가슴
빈자리 때문에
홀로
울고 있는 이가
있습니다
고통에서
벗어나는
길은
고통에
낯설지 않는
것이라고
외로움에서
벗어나는
길은
외로움에
익숙해지는
것이라고
그의 울음이
너무 커서
지금은
말할 수
없습니다.
지금
가까운 곳에서
누군가
쓰러지고 있습니다
아무도
바꾸어 설 수
없고
누구도 대신
갈 수 없는 길을
떠난
사랑하는 사람을
가슴에 묻고
뜨거운
돌자갈 길을
걸어오며
가슴을 치는
이들이 있습니다
아픔을
이기는 길은
그 아픔까지
사랑하는
것이라고
절망을
이기는 길은
그 절망
끝까지 싸워나가는
것이라고
그렇게
말해주고 싶어도
지금
그들에게는
이 소리조차
들리지 않습니다
지금 서로
손 잡아주어야 할
사람들이
가까운 곳에
있습니다
먼저
눈물 흘린
사람과
지금
눈물 흘리고
있는 사람들이
가까운 곳에
있습니다
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Sad, Tired and Angry
Gun Violence Prayer
A Prayer in the Face of
Gun Violence
Almighty God,
I come before you,
once again,
after another
shooting.
I am sad, God.
So
I ask you
to receive into
your loving care
the
souls of
those who were
killed,
to care for
those who were
wounded
or
hurt
in any way,
to
console
the family members
and friends
of
those
who died
or were wounded,
to
strengthen
the hands of
the rescue workers,
medical
professionals
and caregivers
I pray too
for the shooter,
as I must
as a Christian.
All this
makes me
inexpressibly
sad,
God.
But
I know
that
the sadness
I feel
is
your sadness.
It is
the same
sadness your son
expressed
when
he wept over
the death of
his friend
Lazarus.
I know
that
the sadness
I feel
is
your
sadness.
I am tired,
God.
I’m
tired of
the unwillingness
to see this
as
an important
issue.
I’m
tired of
those in power
who
work to
prevent any real
change.
I’m
tired of
those who
say
that
gun violence
can’t be
reduced.
All this
makes me
tired.
But
I know that
the tiredness
I
feel
is your
tiredness.
It’s
the same
tiredness that
Jesus felt
after his own
struggles
against
injustice
that
led him to
fall asleep
on the boat
with his
disciples.
I am angry,
God.
I’m angry
at the seeming
powerlessness
of
our
community
to prevent this.
I’m
angry at
the selfish
financial
interests
who
block
change.
I’m angry that
these shootings
happen
at all.
But I know that
this
anger is
your anger
It’s
the same
anger
Jesus
felt
when he
overturned
the tables
in
the
Temple,
angry that
anyone
would be
taken advantage of
in any way.
Help me
see in these feelings
as the way that
you move me
to act.
Help me see
in these emotions
your own desire for
change.
Help me see
in these feelings
your moving me
to act.
Help me see
in these
reactions
your
pushing me
to do something.
Because
I know this is
the way
you
move people
to action.
And I know that
you desire
action.
For Jesus
did not stand by
while people were
being hurt.
He
plunged
into their lives.
So help me
to answer these
questions:
How can I help?
How
can I fight
against gun violence?
How can I urge
my political leaders
to enact
change?
How can I
help people
understand
that
this is
an issue
about life?
I am sad
over the loss of
life,
tired of
excuses for
the loss of life,
and
angry that
we are
paralyzed
by
the loss of life.
Turn
my sadness
into compassion.
Turn
my tiredness
into advocacy.
So
Turn my
sadness into
compassion.
Turn
my tiredness
into advocacy.
Turn
my paralysis
into the freedom
to act.
Help me
to be compassionate,
to
advocate
and to act,
as
your son
did,
Almighty God.
James Martin S.J.
A Prayer to End Gun Violence
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He Grants Peace
11
the Lord
delights
in
those
who
fear him,
who
put
their hope
in his unfailing
love.
12
Extol
the Lord,
Jerusalem;
praise
your God,
Zion.
13
He
strengthens
the bars of
your gates
and
blesses
your people
within you.
14
He
grants
peace
to your borders
and satisfies you
with the finest of
wheat.
15
He sends
his command
to the earth;
his word
runs swiftly.
16
He
spreads
the snow like
wool
and
scatters
the frost like
ashes.
17
He hurls down
his hail like
pebbles.
Who can
withstand
his icy blast?
18
He
sends
his word
and
melts them;
he stirs up
his breezes,
and
the waters
flow.
Psalm 147:11-18
11
여호와는
자기를
경외하는 자들과
그의
인자하심을
바라는 자들을
기뻐하시는도다
12
예루살렘아
여호와를
찬송할지어다
시온아
네 하나님을
찬양할지어다
13
그가
네 문빗장을
견고히 하시고
네 가운데에 있는
너의 자녀들에게
복을 주셨으며
14
네 경내를
평안하게 하시고
아름다운 밀로
너를 배불리시며
15
그의 명령을
땅에 보내시니
그의 말씀이
속히 달리는도다
16
눈을
양털 같이
내리시며
서리를
재 같이 흩으시며
17
우박을
떡 부스러기 같이
뿌리시나니
누가 능히
그의 추위를
감당하리요
18
그의 말씀을
보내사
그것들을
녹이시고
바람을
불게 하신즉
물이
흐르는도다
시편 147:11-18
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오른편
궁핍하고
어려울 때마다
오른편을 살펴본다.
주게서
일러주신
말씀의 방향을.
괴롭고
답답할 때마다
오른편을 살펴본다.
주께서
일러주신
믿음의 방향을.
진실로
믿는 자에게는
오른편이 있다.
신앙의
그물만 던지면
미어지게
고기를 잡을 수
있다.
설사 그것이
비린내가 풍기는
현실의 고기가
아닐지라도
굶주린 영을
충만하게 채울 수
있는
비늘이
싱싱하게 빛나는
말씀의 생선
오른편에
그물을 던지는
자만이
믿음과 신뢰의
그물을 던지는
자만이
말씀 안에
그물을 던지는
자만이
위로와
축복으로
가득한
때로는
베드로처럼
펄펄
살아 있는
고기를
그물이 미어지게
건져올릴 수
있다.
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