The peace that passes all understanding, Paul tells us in the letter to the Philippians.
An image of a seagull perched on a buoy in the middle of a storm, head tucked under their wing
Jesus sleeping in the bow of a boat during a fierce windstorm…
God of gentleness and peace, we often see peace as the absence of turmoil, the absence of conflict, the absence of all the ways humans desecrate one another and the planet. Help us to know your peace all of the time, no matter what the circumstance of our lives and the life of our world. Inspire us to bring peace to every encounter, every opportunity

-Marisa Laviola