Daily Prayer for Peace
1:00 p.m.
Honduras
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Today we will lift up the people of Honduras in our prayers. Honduras, located in Central America, has evidence of Mayan settlement since at least 1000 B.C. Settled by the Spanish in 1525, Honduras finally declared independence as a separate nation in 1838. Since then, power has alternated between two political factions and a succession of military regimes. During the 1980s, Honduras was surrounded by turmoil in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala, conflict that spilled over into the country. In November 1998, Honduras was devastated by Hurricane Mitch. By 2000, much of the mess caused by the landslides and flooding that followed had been cleaned up, but the environmental practices that exacerbated the flooding—clearcutting, monoculture farming, and rapid urban expansion—continue.
Let us unite our hearts and minds and voices as we pray for peace in our time and for this earth.
Prayer for Peace by Helen Lents, Independence, Missouri
As we think of the challenges and serious concerns throughout the world today, we uphold the leaders of the nations who are diligently searching for peaceful solutions to conflict and are uncertain as to ways to proceed.
We acknowledge our human weakness and inability to bring peace to the world. The need for Divine guidance, patience, and openness in political systems and the desire to protect and meet the needs of all in our world of diversity cry out for justice and understanding.
God, in this time of fear and anxiety help us sense your presence and draw wisdom from the assurance of your love. Grant your strength to those who lead and touch the hearts of those who would destroy, that the time may soon come when your name will be praised and all nations bow before your majesty, Great God of all Nations. Amen.
Hymn - God Who Spoke in the Beginning - Hymns of the Saints #308
Please join us now, praying the Prayers of the People. During the moments of silence, you are invited to pray silently or meditate.
As we leave this house, let us resolve to be the peacemakers and peacekeepers we have been called to be. God will guide us as we share Christ’s peace in our world.