{"id":775,"date":"2007-04-19T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/04\/voice-of-day-jean-mcmullan.html"},"modified":"2007-04-19T09:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-19T09:10:00","slug":"voice-of-day-jean-mcmullan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/04\/voice-of-day-jean-mcmullan.html","title":{"rendered":"Voice of the Day: Jean McMullan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blinding light assaults the darkness;<br \/>Children wait for guns to cease.<br \/>In the midst of war\u2019s confusion,<br \/>Make us instruments of peace.<\/p>\n<p>Hungry for your visitation,<br \/>We are waiting \u2013<br \/>lost,<br \/>afraid.<\/p>\n<p>You alone,<br \/>O God,<br \/>can save us.<br \/>Heal the wounds that we have made.<\/p>\n<p><b>-Jean McMullan<br \/><\/b><em>Written the morning after the war erupted on the Persian Gulf.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sojo.net\/index.cfm?action=sojomail.subscribe&amp;source=web_beliefnet_blog\">+ Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blinding light assaults the darkness;Children wait for guns to cease.In the midst of war\u2019s confusion,Make us instruments of peace. 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