Weekly Peace Prayer

Constitutions:            In all our efforts to be a community for mission,
We acknowledge our interdependence with one another
and our reliance on the love and fidelity of God
to lead us into the way of peace.  # 37

Prayer:
I come before thee as one of thy many children. 
See, I am small and weak; I need thy strength and wisdom.

Grant me to walk in beauty
and that my eyes may ever behold the crimson sunset.
May my hands treat with respect the things which thou has created,
 may my ears hear thy voice!

Make me wise, that I may understand the things
which thou has taught my people,
which thou has hidden in every leaf and every rock.

I long for strength, not in order that I may
overreach my brother
but to fight my greatest enemy---
myself.

Make me ever ready to come to thee
with pure hands and candid eyes,
so that my spirit, when life disappears like the setting sun,
may stand unashamed before you.
‍ ‍Sioux Prayer

Quiet Reflection

Peace         
Let there be peace, welfare and righteousness
in every part of the world.
Let confidence and friendship prevail
for the good of east and west
for the good of the needy south
for the good of all humanity.

Let the people inspire their leaders
helping them to seek peace by peaceful means
helping them and urging them
to build a better world
a world with a home for everybody
a world with food and work for everybody
a world with spiritual freedom
for everybody.

Let those who have the power of money
be motivated by selfless compassion.
Let money become a tool
for the good of humankind.

Let those who have power
deal respectfully with the resources of the planet.
Let them respect and maintain
the purity of the air, water, land and subsoil.
Let them co-operate to restore
the ecological soundness of Mother Earth.

Let trees grow up by the billions
around the world.
Let green life invade the deserts.

Let industry serve humanity
and produce waste that serves nature.

Let technology respect
the holiness of Mother Earth.

Let those who control the mass media
contribute to create mutual understanding
contribute to creating optimism and confidence.

Let ordinary people
meet by the millions across the borders.
Let them create a universal network
of love and friendship.

Let billions of human beings
co-operate to create a good future
for their children and grandchildren.

Let us survive
in peace and harmony with Mother Earth.
‍ ‍Hagen  Hasselbalch

Quiet Reflection

Prayer of Blessing:
Peace where there is war.
Healing where there is hurt.
Memory where we have forgotten the other.
Vision where there is violence.
Light where there is madness.
Sight where we have blinded each other.
Comfort where there is sorrow.
Tears where there is hardness.
Laughter where we have missed life’s joy.
Laughter when remembering the joy.           
‍ ‍Praying with the Earth, John Philip Newell