NIGHT PRAYER: Thursday 9/18

How long, O Lord,
    how long will we wait?

How long will we wait

    'til our anger subsides

        and the violence ends

    in our world,
    in our nation,

    in our cities and towns,
    in our schools,
    in our streets,

    in our hones and our churches,      
    in our politics and our entertainment,   
    in our thoughts and our speech,

    in our conversations, 

    in our art and our music 

    and in our hearts? 

How long, O Lord,
    how long will we pray?

How long must we pray

    for a gentle spirit,
    for hearts to turn 
    for change to disarm
       the violence that stalks us,
       the nightmare that haunts us,
       the fears that distress us?

How long, O Lord, how long will we wait

    'til we discern that you wait for us 

to make the changes we need to make,
    to tame our anger and quell the violence,

to make the way for peace to triumph

    and rule in world and our hearts?    

How long, O Lord?

How long will we wait?

How long will we pray?

 

Have mercy on us, O Lord, our God,

    have mercy upon your people... 

 

Send your Spirit, O Lord, our God,

    and give us the hope, the strength, 

        and the will,

    give us the courage, the love

        and the grace

    to open our world, our nation, 

        ourselves 

    to the peace you call us

        to make and to live... 

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.

 

How Long, O Lord by Matthew Carpenter

 

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