Christians and Muslims: Praying together - Churches in Dialogue ...

Prayer: Example
from the Final Statement of the Bose (Italy) meeting in 1997 „Theological Reflections on
Interreligious Prayer”, prepared jointly by World Council of Churches and Pontifical Council
for Interreligious Dialogue: 1
Kindle within us all the fire of your love,
Carry upon your wings the prayers of all men and women,
Who long for the truth to set us free.O come, Spirit of God,
Walk with us along the paths of life,
Embrace us all with the friendship of your love,
Take away barriers that divide us and
Make us pray together in spirit and in truth.
O come, Spirit of God,
Draw all peoples together and
Bring us into the mystery of your life.
Teach us through the prayers of others,
That you are God and no-one else.
Enable us together to praise your name for evermore.
Amen.
Commemoration of Earthquake
Poem recited at the memorial ceremony for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey, in the
Turkish mosque of Zaandam in The Netherlands, August 1999.
The Cry of the Snowdrop
I resist death
And resisting death I live
Under mountains of stone and concrete
Because I have the snowdrop’s will to exist,
Its longing and its lust for life.
Don't look at the blood covering me,
Don't look at the mourning sun,
Let the moon and the stars turn away
If only the snowdrops lust for life is mine
I resist death,
And by resisting death our babies live
In the hour of dire need
So not look at the blood covering those poor little ones
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