esources for Peace

"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,
tied in a single garment of destiny.
Whatever affects one directly,
affects all indirectly."

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
April 16, 1963

From the Dedication of Anabel Taylor Hall as an Interfaith Center and World War II Memorial:

"We are assembled here to dedicate this enduring structure, erected to the glory of God, to honor Cornellians' recent war dead, and perpetuate in the name of Anabel Taylor Hall this gift to Cornell University. We here honor in this edifice and its companion building, Myron Taylor Hall, the majestic spiritual dynamic of human liberty under law, of which God is the fountain-head. From that eternal spring of our slowly advancing civilization should flow peace, concord and understanding, in which man may be purged of hate, shall be refreshed in his soul by religious faith, and shall abide on God's footstool joyfully and unafraid."

-Myron C. Taylor
October 26, 1952

As a witness to a desire for peace at this time, prayers from CURW faith communities were gathered and displayed in the foyer of Anabel Taylor Hall on Monday March 17, 2003.

Christian Prayer for Peace
Heartache
Muslim Prayer for Peace
Psalm 23


These prayers for peace were offered in Assisi, Italy on the Day of Prayer for World Peace during the U.N. International Year of Peace in 1986.

A Hindu Prayer for Peace
A Buddhist Prayer for Peace
A Jainist Prayer for Peace
An Islamic Prayer for Peace
A Sikh Prayer for Peace
A Baha'i Prayer for Peace
A Shinto Prayer for Peace
A Native African Prayer for Peace
A Native American Prayer for Peace
A Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace
A Jewish Prayer for Peace
A Christian Prayer for Peace

We remember the sacred words and prayers of the world's peoples throughout the ages as they longed and worked for peace. In this present moment, we pause in our own longing to rest from our work and to touch the center. Here and now, we make their words our own. So may our hearts be joined.

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