Prayer for World Peace

 

O holy and all powerful Creator,

Giver of all good gifts,

We give you praise and glory

As we gather to explore and seek to understand

Your coming into our world. 

 

We thank you for wondrous talents

Of mind and spirit, and

For the special inner hunger for you

Which drives us and fills our days. 

 

We ask today in a special way for peace in your world.

May hearts—

Our hearts and those of your children

Who are caught in history-rooted cycles and patterns of violence--

Be turned toward you. 

And as we and they turn our hearts and faces toward those

Of our sisters and brothers aligned against us

May we see in the other’s face

Your image and likeness, and

May our—and their--conduct be guided by your love. 

 

 

--Jim Bolner, Sr.

January, 2007