Wednesday, March 13, 2013

A Lutheran's Prayer on the Election of a Pope

Dear Lord, For your servant Francis, That through the continued development of the values by which he has ordered his life, He might become a symbol of the unity of your church, and not of its divisions. Amen

2 comments:

jh said...

well put

ut unum sint

jh

Kirby Olson said...

That problem of unity versus divisiveness is endless. It's been the same since Plato. At least we now agree on Pluto: not a planet. But everything within Christianity is up for debate now. I hope Francis will provide definitions that hold. I hope SCOTUS will provide the same. Wrong definitions create endless bitterness.