Christian Reflection and Prayer

How many more people need to die, how many more
children deprived of a father or mother, before our
conflicts are settled and people can live in peace and
security, while devoting their energy to building better
lives?


How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?

Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER?

Verse

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life
worthy of the calling to which you have been called.
Ephesians 4:1

Voice

Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world
on fire.
St. Catherine of Siena

Prayer

God, give us the courage to live into our calling. Do not
let us flee the challenges we know we must face. May we,
together, set the world on fire by living as who you meant
us to be. Amen.

“In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does
this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD
brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.’”
Exodus 13:14

The Hebrew word for “knowledge” is chochma. Broken down,
that word becomes coach mah, which translates as “the power
of asking what.” The more powerful our questions, the greater
our wisdom. We must teach our children and ourselves to ask
questions. It’s the only way to arrive at the most powerful and
life-changing knowledge. When he was 89, Isidor had an MRI
done, a lifesaving procedure made possible by one of his
inventions — an invention that was the result of all his
questioning.

What good question can you ask today? “How can I make the
world a better place?” “Do things always have to be as they are?”
“What would I try if I wasn’t afraid to fail?” Or simply, “Can I be a
better person today than I was yesterday?”

The more we ask, the more we’ll know, and the better the
questions, the greater the wisdom to follow.

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein