Horan, OFM, PhD, Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, APRIL 7, 2022 “Peace Prayer for the Privileged,” by Daniel P. It is in seeking forgiveness, that we are reconciled,Īnd it is in dying to self, that we are born to new life. O God of Justice, grant that I may not so much seek comfort, as to welcome hard truths, Where there is political discord, let me seek the common good,Īnd where there is economic inequality, let me seek justice. Where there is environmental degradation, let me care for creation, Where there is racism, let me pursue racial justice, Where there is division, let me seek unity, Where there is violence, let me work for peace, Where there is privilege, let me sow equity, Lord, make me an instrument of your holy discomfort Open our hearts and minds as wide as canyonsįrom Ritualwell, Reconstructing Judaism. Prayer written by Maggie Jarrell, West End United Methodist Church, Sunday Worship Bulletin, March 27, 2022, 8:45 A.M. May we draw the circle wide so that all can experience your amazing love. May we build bridges instead of walls so that we can come together. We exclude people because they look, act, or think differently than we do.Īnd when we do not love our neighbors, we are not loving you, who created us all.įorgive us, God, for causing harm to our neighbors and ourselves. We divide ourselves by class, by race, by politics, by ability, by gender identity. Holy God, Three in One, you call us your very own.Īnd yet, we put up walls that separate us from one another and from you. In the name of the one who lived the foolishness of the kin-dom. Wikipedia says that the only nation that recognizes April Fools as a public holiday is Ukraine. Standing up for what is right in the face of insurmountable odds and overwhelming force seems foolish. Working toward a beloved community even when it means some give up so that others might be raised up seems foolish. Dreaming of a world where difference is celebrated and not feared seems foolish. We want to be right.Īnd yet, what if what is right, seems foolish? Reconciliation, repentance, asking forgiveness for ways we have wronged, especially if we benefit from a system that we didn’t create, all seem foolish. We want to choose winners and not losers. No one wants to be made fun of or pranked. Join a Faction – Fight with friends to capture villages and return with their banners, offering glory and extra tax income to the winners.God of wisdom and foolishness, no one wants to be a fool on this day or any day.Complex Research Tree – Discover new technology to drive your village down the path of farmer, trader, diplomat, warlord and more.Community Focus – multiple ways to play with friends and foes, from joining up together under a single parish and working together to create a community hub, or ransacking your foes and defending your castle against enemy attack.Real-Time PvP – battle can happen at any time, meaning that there’s danger even when you’re not online.The game also offers many ways to interact with other players, including parishes that can levy taxes and offer benefits to your villages, resource trading, scouting, multi-language chatrooms, ransacking, and in-depth ranking systems. Similar to The Settlers Online: Castle Empire, the game focuses heavily on resource management, making its resource pipeline in-depth and rewarding to master. The game begins with a single village under advisement by the game’s tutorial character, leading into a relatively short tutorial that shows some basics of the game but allows players to take the reins relatively quickly in comparison to many RTS game introductions. To play, a quick download and install is required, but is rather small in size compared to modern games, standing around 10MB as a final download. Stronghold Kingdoms is a standalone, free-to-play medieval MMORTS developed by Firefly Studios, acting as an MMO version of their already popular and commercially successful Stronghold series of RTS games.
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