Today in our prayers for the people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Prayer for Peace

Pam Robison

God of vision,

Open our eyes to see the beauty you have created—beauty of nature, beauty of humanity.

But also open our eyes to see the harshness and pain that exists—destruction we have caused…walls we have built…wounds we have given.

We must name this pain…cruelty…destruction…so it can be brought into the light of your healing love. We must claim our part in its creation to take responsibility for working to alleviate it.

Seeing as you see is not easy. We would much rather keep our eyes closed, leaving the world as it is.
Here, though—in this place and time—you call us to change…to walk through the world in your presence with open eyes—bringing healing and wholeness.

Give us strength…give us courage…to follow in the footsteps of our older brother in whose name we pray.

Amen.