A Prayer for an end to Violence
After all the violence in the world in the last week alone, do you ever wonder if it will ever end? In the last 7 days we have had death and carnage on a large scale in India, Nigeria, Congo and Iraq - and those are just the places that the media reports on. There are so many other places in the world affected by violence that they hardly even get mentioned any more.
A while ago, I was sent “A Prayer for an end to Violence” and lately I have been really remembering these words.
St Ethelburga’s Church in the City of London is a wonderful haven of peace and this prayer was written by the people there:-
“A Prayer for an end to Violence”:-
A prayer for an end to violence
God of life,
Every act of violence in our world,
Between myself and another,
destroys a part of your creation.
Stir in my heart
a renewed sense of reverence
for all life.
Give me the vision to recognise your spirit
in every human being,
however they behave towards to me.
Make possible the impossible
by cultivating in me
The fertile seed of healing love.
May I play my part in breaking the cycle of violence
by realising that
peace begins with me.
So the message for all of us is that peace begins us.
What can you do today to bring more peace into your life?
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