A Miracle at the U.S. Capitol?

By Gerry Eitner

Gerry Eitner, founder, Communities of Peace Program.

Already they're comparing it to the Shroud of Turin; the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

War, peace, and children. Central issues, for sure. Two days ago, on the west lawn of the US Capitol, a children's peace quilt left an indelible image on the grass, after having been laid out for only 15 minutes in the peace symbol. The image on the grass is undeniably greener, appearing longer. Yesterday afternoon, the Capitol police called our organization as the permit holder, stating that we must have put fertilizer on the lawn, and asking for an explanation.

The talks at our event were of peace, not of opposition – to anything. “Peace Troubadour” James Twyman, visionary conceiver of the adult quilt from which this children's version was modeled, spoke of standing “ for peace, not against anything.” I spoke of the many times that I've seen God playing through the Children's Cloth of Many Colors since our organization began sponsoring it seven years ago. I believe that God is at work here.

War, peace, and children have been the underlying themes of The Children's Cloth of Many Colors since it was conceived and initiated at our event at the Pentagon, in September of 2000. We were dedicating a peace pole, inscribed “May Peace Prevail on Earth”, for the Pentagon Chapel. That pole still stands in the Pentagon today – symbol of all of our wishes for a peaceful world.

At that event, eight-year old Brynn Stalvey announced that she wanted her third grade to start a children's quilt that would contain their hopes, wishes, dreams, and, most importantly, their feelings – of what “peace on earth” will be like for them. The quilt is now a little more than 1/3 mile long, containing sections from thousands of children, from 25 countries and 22 US states, who have participated.

There's a purity to the quilt; a vulnerability and an innocence. It's the soft, powerful love of children that gives the quilt its amazing power of transformation. Personal miracles have happened around it before; now the ante seems to be escalating. Perhaps now the need is greater.

The initial section was presented by Brynn to Congressman Dennis Kucinich on July ll, 2001, when he first proposed a congressional resolution for a Department of Peace, to operate at a cabinet level. That section hung in his office for a few years, symbolic of the wishes of children for a peaceful world.

Serendipitously, Linda Grover, visionary developer of the Global Family Day holiday, which has been related to the Department of Peace (see site below), received my call asking for a camera shot of the imprint. She happened to be in a meeting with Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of congressman Dennis Kucinich, as they planned a peace event at the press club for September 21 st . Elizabeth took the shot that appears on this site.

What is the message here? Could this latest event be a sign from God to somehow find a way to create a peaceful world for the children? And, could a Department of Peace help create that way?

Perhaps it is also about the fertilizing energy of love, and a suggestion that we all bring forward our own love to the process of creating a peaceful world.

Image on the Capitol lawn the following day, March 26th. Picture courtesy of Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

Learn more about the Children's Cloth of Many Colors at www.communitiesofpeace.org.

James Twyman's website is www.emissaryoflight.com.

Information on Global Family Day can be found at www.gfday.org.

Gerry Eitner is a mystic and spiritual teacher who developed the Communities of Peace program, which contains the Children's Cloth of Many Colors. She also initiated the first Global Family Day, a bill that has passed both houses of congress. This new holiday for peace is a recommended part of the Communities of Peace program. Gerry can be reached at http://www.gerryeitner.com.

(c) Copyright Gerry Eitner 2007. This piece was originally carried in Gerry Eitner's regular column for United Press International, "Communities of Peace" on March 27, 2007.