May
Prayer is more powerful than the power of money and knowledge
AND more effective than weapons
and the creative power of geniuses. J.K.
INCREDIBLE
Bujumbura, Burundi, can teach us much about the power of prayer. In 1993, a bloody civil war broke out in the country. There was a Schoenstatt Shrine dedicated to the Blessed Mother right in the midst of the war zone. To set an example of trust in a time direly lacking trust, a Church was built next to it—a Church large enough for everyone to gather. An amazing thing happened: Gradually, all parties to the conflict discovered this place. They approached each other in prayer.
Slowly but surely, the chapel became a
“prayer heart for peace and reconciliation.”
And when, there, on August 15, 2009, 30,000 people declared