{"id":464,"date":"2021-06-10T12:40:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/?p=464"},"modified":"2021-06-10T12:40:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:40:39","slug":"where-there-is-hatred-let-me-sow-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/where-there-is-hatred-let-me-sow-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Where There is Hatred – Let Me Sow LOVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

We learned yesterday of yet another hate crime in our community.\u00a0 <\/span>This attack was against a gay man on Toronto Island last weekend. \u00a0 <\/span>He was taunted and then beaten almost to death by three homophobic people.\u00a0 <\/span>It took place only hours before the hate filled murder of a Muslim family in London, Ontario.\u00a0 <\/span>All of this during a pandemic which has given rise to anti-Asian racism.\u00a0 <\/span>An Asian friend has told me how it is not unusual for people to pass her in the street and offer hate filled slurs.\u00a0 <\/span>There was a significant rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes in our city in the month of May and we know too well that both the black and indigenous communities are constantly combatting hate and racism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a world that doesn\u2019t like talk of sin we must name hate in all its manifestations\u00a0 <\/span>as nothing less and call the world around in word and deed to love.\u00a0 <\/span>Science tells us the variations in DNA\u00a0 <\/span>between all people is so very tiny.\u00a0 <\/span>We are all part of the same human family. \u00a0 <\/span>Our faith tells us that each one is created in the image of God and precious in God\u2019s eyes.\u00a0 <\/span>We are all children of God.\u00a0 <\/span>Let us put an end to such hatred and let us love one another.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prayer<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Gracious God we pray for this world where fear and hate seem to be speaking so loudly.\u00a0 <\/span>It is easy to judge and speak against others. Forgive us and open us all in new ways to the light of your love that the shadows in our souls might lose their hold.\u00a0 And so<\/span>\u00a0pray in the words of St. Francis\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Lord make Me an instrument of Your peace<\/span><\/p>\n

Where there is hatred let me sow love.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where there is injury, pardon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where there is doubt, faith.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where there is despair, hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where there is darkness, light.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where there is sadness joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

O Divine master grant that I may<\/span><\/p>\n

Not so much seek to be consoled as to console<\/span><\/p>\n

To be understood, as to understand.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be loved. as to love<\/span><\/p>\n

For it’s in giving that we receive<\/span><\/p>\n

And it’s in pardoning that we are pardoned<\/span><\/p>\n

And it’s in dying that we are born…<\/span><\/p>\n

To eternal life.\u00a0 Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We learned yesterday of yet another hate crime in our community.\u00a0 This attack was against a gay man on Toronto Island last weekend. \u00a0 He was taunted and then beaten almost to death by three homophobic people.\u00a0 It took place only hours before the hate filled murder of a Muslim family in London, Ontario.\u00a0 All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}