Verse and Voice 01/30/2023

January 30, 2023

Verse of the day

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:4

Voice of the day

… The lesson of Bloody Sunday is that truth delayed makes wounds fester. … we might be better served to reflect on three realities whose value to the process of creating a more humane society … empathy for those who suffer, the state taking responsibility for its own wrongdoing, and telling the truth in public.

Gareth Higgins, “Bloody Sunday and Telling the Truth”

Prayer of the day

Lord, on this fifty first year since Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland we continue to cry out with the victims of violence throughout the world, "How long, how long must we sing this song? How long? How long?"
U2, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”