"God is my shepherd
So nothing shall I want
I rest in the meadows
Of faithfulness and love
I walk by the quiet waters
Of peace.
Shepherd me, O God
Beyond my wants
Beyond my fears
From death into life."
Marty Haugen, Shepherd Me O God (Psalm 23)
"Even the holy Name of God is being dragged into discourses of death. A world with one heavenly Father vanishes, as in a nightmare. We are met by threats, rather than the invitation to listen and come together. Those who pray are aware of their own limitations; they do not kill or threaten with death. Death enslaves those who have turned their backs on the God, turning themselves and their power into an idol to which they sacrifice every value, demanding that the world bends its knee." Leo XIV