Prayer written to be part of the Service of remembrance, in church this mornng:
May God lead us in the ways of peace – make us witnesses of reconciliation – give us a holy impatience with the short cuts and the political expediencies.
And yes, give us courage to question assumptions that conflict is inevitable in a globalised, polarised and destabilised world. God help us to see all those structures of violent power, of oppressive ideas, of instilled hostility, as part of that great song of the ruthless, and help us by God’s grace and strength to silence it –
by persistent, patient actions of peace,
by resilient, responsive acts of reconciliation,
by gentle, gracious words of goodness
by faith-filled, faithful prayers of friendship
by holy, hopeful gestures of healing
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