A FATHER’S PRAYER
Upon the Murder of His Son. O God,
We remember not only Bahram,
But also his murderers.
Not because they killed him in the prime of his youth
and made our hearts bleed and our tears flow;
Not because with this savage act they have brought further
disgrace on the name of our country among the civilized nations of
the world;
But because through their crime we now follow Thy footsteps
more closely in the way of sacrifice./The terrible fire of this calamity burns up all
selfishness and possessiveness in us;
Its flame reveals the depth of depravity and meanness and suspicion,
the dimension of hatred and the measure of sinfulness in human
nature;
It makes obvious as never before our need to trust in God’s love
as shown in the Cross of Jesus and His Resurrection;
Love which makes us free from hate toward…
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