The Daily Prayer
TUESDAY, February 25, 2020
On this day in 1994, a Jewish settler from New York entered the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron with an automatic weapon and killed twenty-nine Muslims during prayer, which has become known as the Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre (also known as the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre or Hebron massacre). This massacre has been a landmark in the conflict in the Middle East, which is so often fueled by religious extremists reacting to other religious extremists. It is a reminder that extremists of all faiths have distorted the best that our faiths have to offer, and it is our prayer that a new generation of extremists for love and grace will rise up.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta said, “To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God.”
Today, Lord, help us make our lives an offering of quiet commitment to thread love through the torn garments of society. Amen.
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