Iona Peace and Justice

These photos were taken in the Iona Abbey and reflect a small portion of how Iona embraces and integrates peace and justice into the island, along with the weekly service of prayers for justice and peace.

Here is the Iona creed we said in church today, reflecting this week's theme of justice and peace in our Lenten journey at St. Thomas:

We believe in a God
whose love is the source of all life
and the desire of our lives,
whose love was given a human face
in Jesus of Nazareth,
whose love was crucified by the evil that waits to enslave us all
and whose love, defeating even death,
is our glorious promise of freedom.
Therefore, though we are sometimes fearful
and full of doubt,
in God we trust;
and, in the name of Jesus Christ,
we commit ourselves, in the service of others,
to seek justice and to live in peace
to care for the earth
and to share the commonwealth
of God's goodness,
to live in the freedom of forgiveness
and the power of the spirit of love,
and in the company of the faithful
so to be the church,
for the glory of God. Amen.