Shalom. A one-word Hebrew prayer meaning peace. That’s even if the adults can’t bring it about in the Middle East. Maybe some ...

My prayer expands and gets bigger as I say it more: Reduce me to love. Help me to see beneath the surface. Help me to be a familiar face in a crowd, a light in a dark room.

The words of a prayer get us safely through a dark valley, direct us towards green meadows rich in water, and enable us to feast in front of the eyes of an enemy, as the Psalm teaches us (cf. Ps 23).