Today in our prayers for the people of Malaysia.
Prayer for Peace
Henry Fielding
Lover of peace:
At this moment throughout the world there are millions of people who do not recognize your presence. May your spirit resonate within their beings and cause them to come to a recognition of your love and your desire for all humanity to be united in the bond of your spirit.
Our creator and sustainer, so often you are hidden from us, not because you have removed yourself, but because our spiritual eyes are closed. Grant us, we pray, the capacity to look within ourselves to find your presence.
May we be strengthened as we discover your presence in our neighbors and in the very fabric of the world you have created. In our selfishness we think of the world as “ours,” but in our better moments we know that we are only visitors, living briefly on this planet which preceded us and which will continue after we have gone. Help us to treat with respect all aspects of your creation. In doing this, we will become united with each other, with you, and with your world.
We pray for individuals, families, communities, and nations separated from the presence of strength and peace. May each discover and release the essence of the living God and become whole. May they truly discover what it is to be holy and to view the entire universe as sacred.
May each of us respond in love to the stirrings of your empowering presence within us, that we may each truly be an ambassador of peace. Amen.
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