Today in our prayers for the people of Brazil.

Prayer for Peace

Ken Simpson

God of love and peace,

Hear us once again as we pray for conditions for which we long, and yet of which we understand so little. As we attempt to focus on that which we have come to understand as your divine call to us, there wells up within us a desire to more unreservedly join you in the quest for realization of these gifts in our world. We stand in awe as we contemplate your many acts of love and forgiveness that somehow enable us to seek your presence. In this moment we come to sense even more fully our need to be forgiven, and to commit ourselves more completely to your call.

God of love and peace, we have experienced the presence of your peace as your love and forgiveness have permeated our persons and our gatherings. We have known little true peace, yet enough to cause us to hunger and thirst for its fuller realization in our lives, our families, our nations, our world. You have enabled us to understand that the absence of peace does not mean you are unwilling to have peace reign over all your creation, but rather that we have proven unwilling and unworthy to have your peace abide in our presence.

God of love and peace, cleanse us that we may receive your peace and go forth as your ambassadors of love, emissaries of peace. Through Christ Jesus, our Lord, we pray. Amen.