As the Sikh man walked towards the circle of unlit candles he was surrounded by angels. Behind him stood his guardian angel and as he reached to taper out to light the candle, his guardian angel reached out as if to hold the taper with him. The Sikh man lit one of the candles on the table. Beside each of the candles stood a very tall angel, dwarfing both the people and the other angels in the room. Their folded wings reached far up above the ceiling which seemed to have disappeared. These angels all looked alike. They appeared to be draped in golden robes which fell in perfect folds. The angels were so bright, and the light from them radiated out into the room.
A Hindu man was next in a line of people to light a candle, each one representing a different faith. They included Jews, Quakers, Buddhists, Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Unitarians and Muslims. Each person was surrounded by angels and behind each of them stood their guardian angel.
I was extremely moved and delighted watching this scene. I had never seen so many people from different faiths gathered together in the same place for prayer. It wasn't an extraordinary place -- it was in fact an ordinary conference room in a hotel outside Dublin, where a multi-faith event I had been asked to speak at was being held. By their abundance and radiance, the angels were clearly showing me their approval of different faiths coming together.
I have been seeing and talking with angels since I was a baby. I see them physically as clearly as I see someone sitting in front of me. I never told anyone about what I was seeing until a few years ago after my husband died and my children were reared. It was only then that I started writing and talking about what I was seeing.
I am a Catholic, born into an Ireland that at that time was largely Catholic. From the time I was a baby I saw guardian angels behind each and every person, regardless of religion. In fact like most children I didn't realize that there were different religions. The first time I got any inkling of the different beliefs people have of God was when I was about six and was walking past a Protestant church near my home with my aunt. I was looking at two big powerful angels who were standing on guard outside the church when my aunt told me I was never to go in there -- that that was a Protestant church and no place for any Catholic. I looked at her in bemusement.
In the years following the angels explained to me that different religions have different beliefs, different traditions and different ways of praying. They always emphasized, however, that it was one and the same God and that one day all religions would come together under one umbrella.
I pray for that day to come, but I fear it may be a long way off.
What we can do though now is pray together more often.
Just as the Olympics brings people of different nationalities and traditions together to play sport, we need to continually seek opportunities to bring people of different faiths together to pray with each other. Praying together will help to lessen fears that people have, will break down cultural differences and will help to lay down a foundation for peace at a local, national and international level.
No one ever prays alone. When you pray to God there is a multitude of angels praying with you, regardless of your religious faith or what form your prayer takes. It doesn't matter whether you pray standing, kneeling, lying prostrate or twirling, whether you chant, sing, light candles, or use prayer beads. The angels are there enhancing your prayer, interceding on your behalf and imploring God to grant your prayer.
Prayer is extremely powerful and the angels have told me that the prayers of people of all religions are equally powerful.
The angels tell me that when people of different religions gather together in prayer it pleases God. That when people of different traditions pray together, it creates a synergy, an intertwining of prayer that makes their prayers even more powerful.
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So, if the one true prayer is raised by members of many different faiths......we will have a corrected world for all of us. Other than this genuine prayer, I have my doubts.
The Catholic Church wants to bring the world into one world religion.
That wouldn't please God. The Bible says " Come out and be ye seperate, touch not the unclean thing "
The word Catholic means universal. When you unite truth with error, you have more dangerous error.
I almost ignored your article but chose not and am pleased, it actually threw me for a loop because of my expectations. Thank You!
My findings are the messages of all religions are the same, only the symbols, interpreted by those ignorant of their meanings, are different. Being organized religion is civilization's backbone for controlling man-in-mass even those who are sincere usually only followed the tradition of mass control not knowing what they are doing. All schooling teach us to desire belonging and follow leaders blindly, therefore, few are willing to be "excommunicated" from a lifelong tradition for following their own hearts, so even the sincere also do as told. When some break tradition usually they only break certain beliefs which is why so many denominations of all religions.
Again, Thank you very much for sharing this.
Namaste,
Elijah
Torah includes “the nations“ (gentiles) which were welcome in the Temple,. The messianic ideal is conceived as “the Kingdom of God” when all nations shall go up to the Lords House and the nations will walk in his paths. Pragmatically, however, “universal prayer” is currently not the best approach to establishing peace or justice.
The term “the people of Noah” or “Noahide” is a term of art which mean “universal. Humanity” and is a reference to “the nations”. Torah’s envisions independent nations establishing just legal systems. Today this principle is universally recognized and known as the “rule of law.” Law that violates fundamental human values does not satisfy modern conceptions of the “rule of law nor do they meet the Noahide obligation to create a just legal system.
"Establishing a just legal system constitutes a point of commonality between all nations on the most fundamental level of human existence." (Rakover).
It is suggested that rather than “praying together” an abstract and top down approach, "the nations" cooperate pragmatically in making the “rule of law” universal. We have a difficult enough time with the Olympics let alone “universal prayer”.
"That is not what I said, Robert."
How can you tell the difference between an angel and an hallucination?
Not being mean, but may I suggest some psychiatric care? Seems like you have a serious mental illness that needs to be taken care of.
Is this April 1st? How did this article get past quality control?
How do you do it?! I can't even get my garden fairies to talk to me. I do have an occasionally garden gnome who leaves little notes around the garden. This is how I know he is real. I assume that like your angels who you hear only through prayer, I must pray to my fairies. I will get to it right away and let you know what they think of your angels. I hear that fairies don’t believe in angels. Can you confirm that? What do your angels think of fairies and gnomes.
Thank you,
A true believer in fairies and gnomes