Love Beyond Division
Rev-Bates Weekly Message for Sunday, September 14, 2025
This week we had the news of yet
another act of violence—a public figure whose life was taken in a moment of
anger and hate. For many of us, there is a complicated mix of emotions, because
this person held beliefs and spoke words that often ran contrary to the
spiritual principles of love, inclusion, and the oneness of all life.
But here is the great
challenge of our spiritual path: to see beyond the personality, beyond the
opinions, beyond even the harm that words and ideologies may have caused, and
to remember the Divine spark within every soul. We do not have to agree with someone’s
views to affirm their humanity. We do not have to endorse their ideas to mourn
the violence that took their life.
Today, let us rise above
judgment and affirm this truth: love is not selective. Spirit calls us to a
higher place where we recognize that all people—even those we struggle to
understand—are part of the one Life. Our task is not to argue about who was right
or wrong, but to be instruments of healing in a world too often fractured by
fear and misunderstanding. May we use this moment to deepen our commitment to
compassion, justice, and peace, so that the energy we bring into the world
lifts humanity rather than divides it.
Please affirm with me: Infinite
Spirit, Divine Love that knows no boundaries—
We bring before You the pain of this moment, the grief of a life lost, and the
wounds that division and hatred have left behind. Teach us to see beyond fear
and prejudice, beyond labels and ideologies, into the heart of Your creation
where only love is real.
Bless those who mourn,
comfort those in pain, and soften the hearts of all who have been hardened by
anger or fear. May our lives be guided by the wisdom of compassion and the
courage to stand for peace. Let healing flow where hurt has been, and may we remember
that every act of love plants a seed for a better world.
And so we release this prayer,
trusting in the eternal goodness that underlies all things.
And so it is.
Keep the faith!
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