Soul Matters Theme – May

A prayer for reconciliation

Where there is separation,
there is pain.
And where there is pain,
there is story.

And where there is story,
there is understanding,
and misunderstanding,
listening
and not listening.

May we—separated people, estranged strangers,
unfriended families, divided communities—
turn toward each other,
and turn toward our stories,
with understanding,
and listening,
with argument and acceptance,
with challenge, change
and consolation.

Because if God is to be found,
God will be found
In the space
between.

Amen.                      (Place Love where God is, if you prefer)

—   Pádraig Ó Tuama
Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community (2017)

Pádraig Ó Tuama is staff poet and theologian at the On Being Project and hosts the Poetry Unbound podcast.  From 2014-2019, Pádraig led the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organization.