Daily Prayer for Peace
1:00 p.m.
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Call to Prayer
Lighting of Candle
Invitation
Today we will remember the people of Luxembourg in our prayers. Located in Western Europe, Luxembourg attained full independence in 1864. Although small in size, Luxembourg's central location, political stability, and multilingual population, along with tax incentives, have proved advantageous to it as a financial center. Luxembourg is a staunch defender of the rights of small states within the Union.
As we meet together, let the God of all people guide our worship so that we may be able to say, "Yes, Lord, it is good to meet with you. Enlighten us and teach us, we pray."
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
I will faithfully give them their recompense,
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Their descendants shall be known among the nations,
and their offspring among the peoples:
all who see them shall acknowledge
that they are a people whom the LORD has blessed.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,
my whole being shall exult in my God;
for he has clothed me… with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth brings forth its shoots,
and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,
so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.
Prayer for Peace by Barbara L. Beal, Blue Springs, Missouri
We meet you in this sacred time to express the yearning in our hearts for peace.
Enfold each of us with your mantel of great inner calm as we live in an age of confusion.
Show us the real and lasting truths of your peace that we may share with others.
There is a great concern that all might be treated with humanity, as individuals, as equals.
Grant that we may choose the best paths to alleviate this suffering.
May we seek out and acknowledge the divine in every creature of your world.
Give us the discerning wisdom to leave open areas in our hearts for our differences.
Teach us tolerance.
Help us to always uphold the image of Jesus Christ, your Son, in whose name we pray. Amen.
Hymn - God, the Source of Light and Beauty - Hymns of the Saints #406
Please join us now, praying the Prayers of the People. During the moments of silence, you are invited to pray silently or meditate.
Let us go from this place and keep our resolves to do peace in our world. Let us not be the cause of disharmony, but musicians in the concert of peace. Go forth assured that the God of peace will walk with you. Amen.