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~Now you will feel no rain
for each of you will be shelter for the other
Now you will feel no cold
for each of you will be warmth for the other.
Now there is no more loneliness.
Now you are two persons,
but there is only one life before you
May your days together be good and long
upon the earth ~
~Apache Wedding Blessing ~
(Painting: Easter Dawn)
~ Bless this day the joy of life,
The revelation of the flesh,
The paradise of man and wife
Joined to share the gift of bliss.
Bless this day the pain of life,
The passion that redeems the flesh,
The love between a man and wife
Beyond all agony and bliss.
Bless this day the end of life,
The peace within the dying flesh,
The bond between a man and wife
That long outlasts their bit of bliss.
Bless this day the whole of life,
The grace of being more than flesh,
The voyage of a man and wife
Across the mystery of bliss ~
J.S. Bach
(Picture: Zatzka)
~ The sons of men are one
and I am one with them.
I seek to love, not hate;
I seek to serve and not exact due service;
I seek to heal, not hurt.
Let pain bring due reward of light and love.
Let the soul control the outer form and life and all events,
and bring to light the love
which underlies the happenings of the time.
Let vision come and insight.
Let the future stand revealed.
Let inner union demonstrate
and outer cleavages be gone
Let love prevail
Let all men love ~
~ Lord, make me an instrument
Of your peace.
Where there is hatred,
Let me bring love;
Where there is injury,
Let me bring pardon
Where there is doubt,
Let me bring faith;
Where there is despair,
Let me bring hope;
Where there is darkness
Let me bring light;
Where there is sadness,
Let me bring joy.
O divine Master,
Grant that I may seek not so much
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;
It is in dying that we are born
To eternal life ~
St. Francis of Assisi
