Sunday, December 31, 2006

A Prayer For Peace

Let us pray for the victims of war:

For the wounded and the dead.
For those who mourn and are afflicted.
For the earth and its innocent creatures -
Now mutilated and in disarray.
For the aggrieved and suffering souls -
Now bombed into submission and tormented silence.
For the scales of justice -
Now locked in false balance.
For the dove -
Now mocked by the metal wings of cruelty and greed.
For the yearnings and labors of peacemakers, healers and teachers -
Now degraded by the cunning and cowardice of warlike minds.
For the needy whose precious resources are now wasted and spent.
For the beautiful treasures, icons and holy places -
Now defiled by a crass science, now smashed by vulgar and heartless economies.
For those who seek to know what has befallen their world -
Now deceived and bewildered by the dictatorships of information.
We lament this poisoned and sorrowful state,
We resist this brutal invasion of the common soul.

We pray for peace.

Posted by jack at 8:33 AM

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