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Passages from sacred writings and notable people to read while lighting candles for peace
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Interfaith Candle-Lighting Ceremony
Readings may be read by representatives of various faiths and traditions
as they light a candle.
Universal Peace Federation
Invocation
Let light fill the sky.Let its warmth heal us
wherever we are broken.
Let it burn away the fog so that we can see each other clearly.
Let our selfishness vanish so we can see all people as our neighbors, as part of our family.
Let the flames teach our hearts to reach always upward to heaven.
Our world awaits the lightthat each of us can bring.
Baha’i Reading
The candle of thine heart is lighted by the hand
of My power, quench it not with the contrary winds of self
and passion. The healer of all thine ills
is remembrance of Me, forget it not.
Make My love thy treasure and cherish it even as thy very sight and life.
~ Baha'u'llah, The Persian Hidden Words
Interfaith Candle Ceremony
The Buddha
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being
shared.
To walk safely through the maze of human life,
one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance
of virtue.
Interfaith Candle Ceremony
Christian Reading
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill
cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle,
and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick;
and it gives light unto all that are in the house.
- Matthew 5:14
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Hindu Reading
Lead me from the unreal to the real,
from darkness lead me to Light.
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.2
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Jewish Reading
Lift up the light of thy countenance upon us,
O Lord!
– Psalm 4:6
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Muslim Reading
God is the light of the heaven and the earth.
Light upon Light! God guides whom He will
to His Light.
- Qur'an 24:35
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Sikh Readings
There is a light in all, and that light is the Ultimate One.
– Guru Granth 663
The best light is the light of God
in the heart.
– Adi Granth
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The Great Invocation
From the point of Light within the Mind of GodLet light stream forth into human minds.
Let Light descend on Earth.From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let love stream forth into human hearts.May the Coming One return to Earth.
From the centre where the Will of God is knownLet purpose guide all little human wills -
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.From the centre which we call the human race
Let the Plan of Love and Light work outAnd may it seal the door where evil dwells.
Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.
Alice A. Bailey & Djwhal Khul
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Mahatma Gandhi
Be the change that you wantto see in the world.
Reykjavik, Iceland
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Seoul, Korea
Talmud
There are stars whose light only reaches the earth
long after they have fallen apart.
There are people
whose remembrance gives light in this world,
long after they have passed away.
This light shines
in our darkest nights on the road we must follow.
Prayer attributed to St. Francis
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;where there is darkness, light.
Interfaith Candle Ceremony
Lima, Peru
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light
of creative altruism or in the darkness
of destructive selfishness.
Interfaith Candle Ceremony
Majuro, Marshall Islands
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Buson
Lighting one candleWith another candleAn evening of spring.
Tokyo, Japan
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Leo Tolstoy
There is something in the human spirit
that will survive and prevail.
There is a tiny and brilliant light burning in
the heart of man that will not go out
no matter how dark the world becomes.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Buddhist saying
If you light a lamp for somebody,
it will also brighten your own path.
Interfaith Candle Ceremony
Kathmandu, Nepal
Albert Schweitzer
In everyone's life, at some time,
our inner fire goes out. It is then burst
into flame by an encounter with another human being.
We should all be
thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Interfaith Candle Ceremony
United Nations Headquarters, New York
Rev. Sun Myung Moon
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New York, USA
The sun is heat in itself. Because
it is heat itself, it has light.
Likewise, when you have love,
that love produces wisdom.
Rabindranath Tagore
Let not the hours pass by in the dark. Kindle the lamp of love with thy life.
Interfaith Candle Ceremony
Kathmandu, Nepal
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Rumi
If you wish for light, be ready to receive light.
Monza, Italy
Love before meLove behind meLove at my leftLove at my rightLove above meLove below meLove unto meLove in my surroundingsLove to allLove to the Universe
Peace before me
Peace behind mePeace at my leftPeace at my rightPeace above mePeace below mePeace unto mePeace in my surroundingsPeace to allPeace to the Universe
Light before meLight behind me
Light at my leftLight at my rightLight above meLight below meLight unto meLight in my surroundingsLight to allLight to the Universe
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Prayer of Light
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
- Plato
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