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The cries of despair
From eighteen thousand meters deep
Asia and Europe
And all the seven continents could hear it.
Entail is crying
And the whole of Turkey mourns
The body of the mother is a shield
To her baby under the concrete
I say it again, we fight death
And by fighting death our children stay alive.
d) Christian and Muslim texts that could apply to common meetings
St. Francis’ Prayer
Lord, make us instruments of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let us sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is discord, union;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that we may not seek so much to be comforted as to comfort;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive;
it is in forgiving that we are forgiven,
and it is in dying that we are born into eternal life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Material of Sufi tradition
Rabi´a al-Adawiyya († 801) (Translation: Annemarie Schimmel):
O Gott, die Nacht ist vorüber, und der Tag dämmert. Wie gern möchte ich wissen, ob Du
meine Gebete angenommen oder sie zurückgewiesen hast. Deshalb tröste mich; denn Du bist
der Tröster. Du hast mir Leben gegeben und mich versorgt, und Dein ist der Ruhm. Wolltest
Du mich auch von Deiner Tür vertreiben, ich würde sie doch nicht verlassen, weil ich Deine
Liebe im Herzen trage.
8 Pontificium Consilium pro Dialogo inter Religiones, Interreligious Prayer, Pro Dialogo & Current Dialogue,
Bulletin 98, 1998/2, p. 243.
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