A Prayer for Peace in SyriaO Prince of Peace we come before you sinful and sorrowful We know that we are all guilty of hatred and contempt and yet we ask for your mercy and forgiveness In Syria millions of our brothers and sisters are suffering greatly And it seems that their suffering may be

Over at the Washington Post nbsp our former editor in chief nbsp Drew Christiansen offered his thoughts on prayer fasting and Syria 39 s civil war With no end in sight for Syria rsquo s dreadful civil war Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting for peace on Saturday September 7

Now that the president has received support for proposed military strikes in Syria from key Congressional leaders the likelihood of an attack seems more likely Yet rather than deterring behavior or bringing an end to the violence that has already cost more than 100 000 lives U S military strikes

I am often looking for spiritual books which might help my prayer and especially jog my imagination about God in my life By chance I found an excellent such book in Love Poems From God Twelve Sacred Voices from East to West Daniel Ladinsky editor New York Penguin Compass 2002 The book co

A Czech friend suggested to me that we go see ldquo Tutankhamun ndash His Tomb and His Treasures rdquo now on exhibition in Prague The show chronicles the efforts of British archaeologist Howard Carter to discover and unearth the tomb of the 14th century B C pharaoh Replicas of more than 1 0

Washington is facing a decision it didn rsquo t want a choice fraught with moral peril global consequence human costs and political implications President Obama stunned the Capitol by deciding to do what he had said presidents should do require Congress to act before the nation commits military