Daily Prayer for Peace
1:00 p.m.
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Gathering in Silence
Call to Prayer
Lighting of CandleInvitation |
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Welcome today to this sacred
place. Each day in this Temple dedicated to the pursuit of peace, we
pray to God for peace in our world. In addition, each day we pray for a
different country.
Today we will hold up the people of Romania in our prayers. Romania is
located in southeastern Europe. Soviet occupation following World War II
led to the formation of a communist "peoples republic" in 1947 and the
abdication of the king. The decades became more repressive through the
1980s: to help repay bank loans, petroleum and agricultural produce were
exported during the 1980s, while imports were restricted, electricity
was rationed, and shop shelves lay bare. After 1989, the governments
that followed have been laboring under massive foreign debt. Romania
joined NATO in 2004 and is planning to join the European Union as early
as 2007.
Let us contemplate the symbol found in the candle of peace, for Christ
is our peace. In Christ, God made all one and broke down the dividing
wall between them, to create out of us a new humanity, thereby making
peace. So Christ came and proclaimed the good news; peace to you who
were afar off, and peace to those nearby. |
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| Scripture Reading: Doctrine and Covenants 137:6a |
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Let the church be admonished that the times
are portentous and demand faithful adherence to the faith and the work
of the church, that humankind may be blessed by and find peace in those
religiously social reforms and relationships which have been divinely
imposed as a great task of achievement. |
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Prayer for Peace by Harry Fielding,
Queensland, Australia |
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Lover of Peace,
At this moment throughout the world there are millions of people who do
not recognize your presence. May your spirit resonate within their
beings and cause them to come to a recognition of your love and your
desire for all humanity to be united in the bond of your spirit.
Our Creator and Sustainer, so often you are hidden from us, not because
you have removed yourself, but because our spiritual eyes are closed.
Grant us, we pray, the capacity to look within ourselves to find your
presence.
May we be strengthened as we discover your presence in our neighbors and
in the very fabric of the world you have created. In our selfishness we
think of the world as "ours," but in our better moments we know that we
are only visitors, living briefly on this planet which preceded us and
which will continue after we have gone. Help us to treat with respect
all aspects of your creation. In doing this we become united with each
other, with you, and with your world.
We pray for individuals, families, communities, and nations separated
from the presence of strength and peace. May each discover and release
the essence of the living God and become whole. May they truly discover
what it is to be holy and to view the entire universe as sacred.
May we respond in love to the stirrings of your empowering presence
within us, that we may truly be ambassadors of your peace. Amen. |
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Hymn - Come Thou, O King of Kings - Hymns
of the Saints #206 |
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Prayers of the People
Please join us now, praying the Prayers of the People. During the
moments of silence, you are invited to pray silently or meditate. |
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Great God, we praise you for sending the Prince of Peace
and your plan of salvation.
We praise you for families and friends, food and shelter, warmth and
joy. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We praise you for holy forgiveness, and claim its touch for our sins of
commission or our sins of omission. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We praise you for all the peoples of the earth, but especially remember
and pray for the people of Romania this day. They are working to build a
country where peace and justice are a reality. Be with them that they
may continue steadfast in their goal. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We praise you for your goodness in listening to our own cares and
concerns. Fit a blessing to our needs we humbly pray. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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Please use this space to pray for any
current concern or event in our community, city, state, nation or world
that you feel needs to be held up to God for prayerful consideration.
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| The People Pray in Silence |
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Hear our prayer, O God, and guide us as we strive to be instruments of
your peace in our world. Amen. |
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| Sending Forth |
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We conclude our service today with Ministry of Music. We
invite you to remain in the quiet of this place to pray or meditate for
as long as you may wish.
As we leave this house of worship, we go with God's love to comfort us,
God's wisdom to guide us, and God's power to lead us in the paths of
peace. Let us go and do peace in this world. Amen. |
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| Ministry of Music |
