Monday Morning Offering: 10/27

Image: George Mendoza

Good morning, good God!

What I offer you this morning, Lord,

    is a very simple prayer

        for a gift we need so much... 

 

I offer you a prayer for peace:

    in my family, near and far,

    at work and in my neighborhood,

    in my nation and my town,

    in my Church

    and all around the world...

 

I offer you my prayer, Lord:

    for the peace we've failed to make or find, 

    for the peace that only you can give,

    for the peace that goes beyond our dreams,

    for the peace we need to survive,

    for the peace we need to thrive

    for the peace that finally makes us one

    in you and in your Spirit... 

 

So I pray for your peace

    to soften our hardness of heart,

    to relieve our fear and foreboding

    and to tame our lust for power...

 

And I pray for your peace 

    to free us to feed the hungry, 

    to give us a hunger for justice, 

    to transform our arms and munitions

        into tools for building and farming...

 

Give us your peace, Lord, 

    to sweeten our speech with kindness, 

    to heal what divides and tears us apart,   

    to resolve all our stubborn conflicts,    

    and to render our world a place of trust,

        of hope, compassion and love...  

 

So, this is my morning offering, Lord,

    this very simple prayer,

a plea for a gift we need so much,

    a prayer for your gift of peace...

 

Amen. 

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