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Eye on the world: Counterterrorism and prayer
In “Attacks in Paris: In face of mass tragedy, French summon spirit of community,” The Christian Science Monitor reports, “As the French take stock of a rampage that marked France’s most violent night since World War II—with simultaneous suicide bombings and shootings across six sites, including a concert hall, a soccer stadium, a popular restaurant, and a street full of bars and cafes that was packed on a mild November evening—they are vowing to stand together, expressing a communal strength that was on display from the moment the coordinated attacks began.” The article goes on to detail many examples of how French citizens came together to help each other, to do their part to respond in a spirit of love to the attacks.
Ideas on this subject:
From the Bible:
“He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone” (Psalms 91:11, 12).
From the writings of Mary Baker Eddy:
“The silent prayers of our churches, resounding through the dim corridors of time, go forth in waves of sound, a diapason of heart-beats, vibrating from one pulpit to another and from one heart to another, till truth and love, commingling in one righteous prayer, shall encircle and cement the human race” (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 189).
“One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; constitutes the brotherhood of man; ends wars; fulfils the Scripture, ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself;’ annihilates pagan and Christian idolatry,—whatever is wrong in social, civil, criminal, political, and religious codes; equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 340).
Related articles from the Christian Science Sentinel:
In “Prayer and antiterrorism”: “God’s goodness is infinitely more powerful than the unbridled willfulness, hatred, shortsightedness, and extremism that have motivated terrorists throughout history. We can, then, gain—step by step—dominion over terrorism through divine power. Paul wrote to the Christian church at Rome, ‘Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.’ ”
In “Security in an open society”: “Spiritual enlightenment, coming from God to human consciousness, reveals the majesty of each human being as God’s spiritual image and likeness. This spiritual light opens the thought of men and women to their God-given intelligence and ability to recognize and defeat limited and destructive material elements in human thought, and to work for the common good of all people. Thus, humanity is being moved to work toward an ever freer and more open society, a worldwide society in which the God-given rights of all people are respected and honored.”
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com or on CSMonitor.com.