RECONCILIATION
Let us pray for ways of reconciliation
Between the warring nations of the world.
May governments seek peaceful negotiation
And let the flags of war remain unfurled.
Let us pray for ways of reconciliation
Where civil wars protagonists still fight.
May politicians seek to serve their nations
By learning how to love, and not through might.
Let us pray for ways of reconciliation
Where couples who once loved are now apart,
Where pride and fear of humiliation
Preclude the renewal of love within their hearts.
Let us pray for ways of reconciliation
When children and their parents disagree.
Let love become the focus of decision
And tolerance of the other’s view be seen.
God I pray for reconciliation
With those whom I have hurt in former days.
Give me the courage to make reparation,
To ask forgiveness for the pain I gave.
God, whose Son was given in reconciliation
For all the weight of human sin on earth,
Enrich us with your gift of liberation
To find in our relationships, new worth.
Let us pray for ways of reconciliation
Between the warring nations of the world.
May governments seek peaceful negotiation
And let the flags of war remain unfurled.
Let us pray for ways of reconciliation
Where civil wars protagonists still fight.
May politicians seek to serve their nations
By learning how to love, and not through might.
Let us pray for ways of reconciliation
Where couples who once loved are now apart,
Where pride and fear of humiliation
Preclude the renewal of love within their hearts.
Let us pray for ways of reconciliation
When children and their parents disagree.
Let love become the focus of decision
And tolerance of the other’s view be seen.
God I pray for reconciliation
With those whom I have hurt in former days.
Give me the courage to make reparation,
To ask forgiveness for the pain I gave.
God, whose Son was given in reconciliation
For all the weight of human sin on earth,
Enrich us with your gift of liberation
To find in our relationships, new worth.