Daily Prayer for Peace
1:00 p.m.
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Luxembourg
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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 lift up 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. Foreign investment in
light manufacturing and services has offset the decline in steel, once
the nation's major industry. In recent times, Luxembourg has developed
into an active member of the European governing bodies, building on its
reputation as having been one of the European Union's architects.
Luxembourg is a staunch defender of the rights of small states within
the Union.
We light this candle as a symbol of our commitment to a just and
peaceful world. May the peace of God who has called us here guide our
worship. |
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| Scripture Reading: Romans 15:13 INT |
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May the God of hope fill you with such
peace and joy in your faith, that you may be filled with hope by the
power of the Holy Spirit |
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Prayer for Peace by Hilda F. Deem, Oakdale,
Connecticut |
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Dear Lord,
We praise you. We praise you that you are and that you always have been
and always will be. Please open our eyes to see the world around us and
help us to visualize the world as you intended it to be.
Where there is hate may we exemplify love, where there is need may we be
charitable, where there is loneliness may we give comfort, where there
is misunderstanding may we seek for reconciliation. Where there is
sorrow may we show compassion, for it is only in giving of ourselves
that we can become instruments of peace in the world. Amen. |
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Hymn - O Christ, My Lord, Create in Me
- Hymns of the Saints #174 |
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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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O, God, let us join in a common confession of our sins.
Forgive us for the arrogance of our pride of race, of nation, and of
class, by which we put down others and thus break the community of the
human family, in defiance of your will. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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Forgive us for the sin of our self-concern, where we seek first our own
private good, in getting and gaining, to the neglect of our neighbor's
needs near and far. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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Forgive us for our casual and careless disdain for the good earth, in
all its majesty and beauty, which we plunder and despoil for present
gain, counting not the dire cost the future must pay. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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O God, we ask your watchcare and blessing for the people of Luxenbourg. Help
them, and us, to learn peaceful ways to settle our differences. May
pride of religion not keep us from loving all people in their quest for
self-sufficiency and personhood in your eyes. |
| The People Pray in Silence |
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We ask divine blessing upon the needs and concerns of those gathered
here this day. Hear our petitions we humbly ask. |
| 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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We pray in the name of the Giver of Peace, Amen. |
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| Sending Forth |
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We conclude our service for today with ministry of
music. You are invited to remain in the quiet of this place and pray or
meditate for as long as you may wish.
Seek peace, and pursue it as you leave this house. We are called to
peace this day. Let us do peace in all our ways and the God of peace
will be with us. |
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| Ministry of Music |
