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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Our Lord and Heavenly Father
Leader and Comforter,
Your bear Witness to the Truth
Because You ARE the Truth.
You Bear Witness to Show the Way
Because You ARE the Way
You Bear Witness To Save the Lives of Those Led to the Slaughter,
Because You ARE Life.
You Alone are the Faithful and True Witness,
The One And Only God.

We Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem,
According to Your Will and Promise.
We Pray For the People and Leaders of Israel,
that They Will Look to You for the Protection
and Prosperity of their Nation.
We Also Pray For Revival in our own Beloved USA.



We Pray For The Leaders of Our Nation,
May They Be Inspired and Led By You,
And Please Guide Them in All Things.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Although I delight in writing these Meditations every morning, sometimes the concepts are too deep for my understanding for me to come up with a story that fits today's Scripture Portion. So it is with this morning's reading! So today I will share a story that was shared with me when I was about seven, and full of questions. It is attributed to St. Augustine, and is related here by Dr. Marian Horvat. (This version is the closest one to my recollection):

Augustine and the Seashell

by Dr.Marian Horvat

The great Doctor of the Church St. Augustine of Hippo spent over 30 years working on his treatise De Trinitate [about the Holy Trinity], endeavoring to conceive an intelligible explanation for the mystery of the Trinity.


St Augustine With the Boy on the Beach

Augustine meets a boy on the beach

He was walking by the seashore one day contemplating and trying to understand the mystery of the Holy Trinity when he saw a small boy running back and forth from the water to a spot on the seashore. The boy was using a sea shell to carry the water from the ocean and place it into a small hole in the sand.

The Bishop of Hippo approached him and asked, “My boy, what are doing?”

“I am trying to bring all the sea into this hole,” the boy replied with a sweet smile.

“But that is impossible, my dear child, the hole cannot contain all that water” said Augustine.

The boy paused in his work, stood up, looked into the eyes of the Saint, and replied, “It is no more impossible than what you are trying to do – comprehend the immensity of the mystery of the Holy Trinity with your small intelligence.”

The Saint was absorbed by such a keen response from that child, and turned his eyes from him for a short while. When he glanced down to ask him something else, the boy had vanished.

Some say that it was an Angel sent by God to teach Augustine a lesson on pride in learning. Others affirm it was the Christ Child Himself who appeared to the Saint to remind him of the limits of human understanding before the great mysteries of our Faith.

Through this story, the sea shell has become a symbol of St. Augustine and the study of theology.

At the time, I liked the story, and still do!

Incidentally, St. Augustine confessed to a very wild and dissolute youth. However, upon his conversion experience, his sinful past was forgiven, and he became a great saint and theologian.

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance..” Psalm 33 NASB

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Silentgypsy]

Amen and thank you.

[Kitty Mittens]

Amen to your Beautiful, Heartfelt Prayer, Dear Servant of our King.
Joining you in Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise.

[pollywog]

AMEN and AMEN........
Thank you Precious Heavenly Father that you hear and and answer our hearts cries.
We pray right now for the protection and successful voting in of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court~
May YOUR Name be PRAISED!!!
We pray also for the Peace of Jerusalem as You have instructed us to do.
May Your Will be Done, in Jesus’ Name,
AMEN