My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
under the protection of the Mighty One[a]
with shouts of joy and praise
among the festive throng.
My tears have been my food...
I've been avoiding the news to avoid hearing more about what awaits us in January. In doing so, I've been completely out of touch with world affairs, specifically in Aleppo.
Upon reading the latest news out of Syria, visceral is the only way to explain my reaction. How can we as human beings sit back and allow this to happen? We are watching it unfold in real time through the tweets of children and the cries of their mothers. A whole city of people will no longer exist. Women are committing suicide to avoid their inevitable rape and murder at the hands of soldiers battling to control what is left of this historic city.
Where is your God?
Welcome to Aleppo.
A friend informed me that Coptic Christians are walking the streets of Aleppo reciting the Nicene Creed. May we all add this to our daily prayers in solidarity.
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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