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" Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Amen. "
― Jared Brock , A Year of Living Prayerfully: How a Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life
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" Rather than simply praying, each minyan tries to help each other with real action. We help each other get jobs, find apartments, start businesses, and so on. Everyone helps everyone else.” It reminded me of the quote “Pray like work won’t help, and then work like prayer won’t help.” Or as Shane Claiborne says, maybe it’s time to become the answer to our own prayers. "
― Jared Brock , A Year of Living Prayerfully: How a Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life