Chapter 14
Good Monday Morning to this 14th week of 2022
A prayer
O God,
The news of again another war I haunts us.
The stories are passed on daily even hourly
and the suffering and sorrow and senseless horror
fills the pit of our stomach and paralyses.
The earth cries out for blood spilt
of one brother, one mother, one sister and one child.
How cries the earth over thousands!
O God,
Today, we bow our heads and weep
For what is lost
And unlearned lessons
And humanity’s continued loss.
Breathe peace into the horror chamber of the heart
Breathe peace into perverse minds
Breathe peace into hands which violate.
Teach us to respect and celebrate life
And life wrought through a wooden cross
Whereon shame is named
And Love’s Power released.
Peace to nations.
Peace to man, woman and child.
Peace to all, O God!
For your Love’s sake. Amen.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
May the God of all healing and forgiveness
draw us to himself and cleanse us from our transgression,
that we may behold the glory of his Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen