At sundown today we begin to celebrate the season of Advent, a season of joyful expectation of Christmas, a season for renewing our hearts as a dwelling place for Christ who was born among us...
If you have an Advent Wreath at home,
pray for peace this week as you light the first candle each day.
If you don't have an Advent Wreath
- light any candle and pray for peace.
If you have no candle,
simply stay right here with candle above and pray for peace...
Let us pray for peace...
Let us pray for an end to war,
to terrorism, violence and bloodshed...
pray for the safe return of those who are in harm's way,
who are far away from home and family and friends...
pray for those who have died in war
and for their loved ones who grieve their loss...
pray for our enemies...
pray for the poor who suffer war's hardships...
pray for peace...
pray for the peace the world cannot give or make for itself...
Let us pray, too, for an end to the little (and larger) wars
we wage in our own lives, families and neighborhoods,
at work, at school and in the church...
pray for those who have been harmed by our belligerence...
pray for those we make our personal enemies...
pray for those who make enemies of us...
pray for an end to the wars we fight within ourselves...
pray for peace...
pray for the peace we cannot give or make for ourselves...
Amen.
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