Today in our prayers for the people of Oman.
Prayer for Peace
Andrew Shields
Today we’ve gathered to remember your gift, O God. Today we remember that you gave the most important thing you possessed to us, knowing we would not take care of him. Today we recognize that you did much more than buy us a new possession. You offered us the possession of new life.
Please infuse with us the spirit of your giving; the offering of new life and hope to those who have no reason to expect it from us. We have been called to give of ourselves, to be willing to give that which is dear to our hearts to others who are in need.
Amid the clamor and bustle of this season, in the center of the mad rush of preparation, gift us with a remembrance of the stillness that you offer. Awaken as to the calm from which our activity may flow.
The world we move in is much larger than we are. Wars, famines, and disease are within our country, and without. We have seen the ugliness that humanity is capable of. You have also shown us the mercy that we may still show one another. In your wisdom, grant us the strength to be as merciful as you have been to us.
Teach us to love as you love, for there are those in need of a light in the darkness, a stillness in the desperation of survival, a hope beyond the hope offered on television. The world is large, and we are small, but with your grace we may begin where we are to show the world what your love is like.
In Christ's name. Amen.
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