NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 6/14 (Flag Day)

It's Flag Day, Lord,

time to honor the red, white and blue,

our national colors, waving aloft

on freedom's breeze and liberty's wind... 

But down below, 

at the foot of the flagpole,

there's trouble astir in our land:

    one nation? 

        well, that's what we pledge;

    under God?

       so it says on our money;

    indivisible? 

        no, it's all "us and them;"

    liberty?

        supplanted by self-serving license;

    and justice for all?  

        for some - but for many,

            too often delayed and denied...

       

Lord, things are a mess,

    'neath the red white and blue

and if we hope to become

    e pluribus unum

we'll need to surrender

    our selves to the other,

    ideology to inquiry,

    greed to generosity,

    power to nobility,

    spite to clemency,

    partisanship to the common good

    lethargy to hard work, 

    lust to purity,

    clout to kindness,

    godlessness to faith,

    prejudice to acceptance,

    lies to truth

    and arrogance to humility...

 

Help us, Lord, to stand together

    'neath the banner of the land we love

and to be what we want and pledge to be:

    one nation,

    under God,

    indivisible

    and with liberty and justice

        for all...

 

Protect us, Lord, while we're awake

    and watch over us while we sleep

that awake, we might keep watch with you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen. 

 

Tonight's song is not a "flag-waver"

but rather, a hymn for the nation 

over which our flag flies...

 

Hymn for America by Stephen Paulus

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