In this second meditation on the Peace Prayer of St. Francis, I invite you to reflect on the words: “Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”
Beginning once again with the prayer to become an instrument of peace, we explore what hatred does within ourselves and within the wider human family. Rather than turning away from it, we bring it into contemplative awareness and consider its opposite: the expansive, hopeful movement of love.
Like a farmer scattering seed, we may not immediately see the results of choosing love. Yet every opportunity to sow love carries the possibility of a future harvest of peace, compassion and reconciliation.
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction: The Peace Prayer of St. Francis
00:41 – Opening bell
00:45 – Entering the present moment
01:26 – Letting go of past and future
01:58 – Relaxing into stillness
02:21 – Anchoring awareness in the breath
02:40 – Finding the still point of the breath
03:10 – Make me an instrument of your peace
03:29 – Breathing peace through body and mind
04:07 – Where there is hatred, let me sow love
04:38 – Understanding hatred
05:21 – What hatred does to us
06:13 – Recognising hatred within ourselves
07:08 – Finding the remedy
07:27 – What it means to sow love
08:08 – Trusting in a future harvest
08:53 – The expansive movement of love
09:32 – Where there is hatred, sow love
10:10 – Making an interior resolution
10:40 – Choosing love as our response
11:00 – Returning to the Peace Prayer
11:18 – Breathing in peace and breathing out love
11:52 – Returning to the body
12:21 – Closing bell
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