Spirit of peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our troubled world needs your peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our violent thoughts need your peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our troubled hearts need your peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Help us find our way from anger<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From revenge<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From doubt and despair<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To the peace of hope and trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May we find our human way<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Out of the wrongs of the past<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through the challenges of today<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To a future where individuals are free to flourish following their own paths<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where the inherent worth and dignity of every person is respected<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where justice and compassion govern our relationships<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where neighbors live peacefully in beloved community<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We don\u2019t seek an easy peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A false peace that disregards pain, and cruelty, and injustice<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We don\u2019t pray for a hollow peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A weak peace that emboldens evil<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By refusing to confront wrongdoing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We seek a true peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Built up from the best of humanity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lasting peace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nurtured slowly by care and concern<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Divine peace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uncovered from the deepest places of our souls<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lifted high by painstaking spiritual work<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May we be courageous as we must<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To let the worst that is in us not defeat us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But to cling determinedly to a faith that proclaims<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That human beings can solve human problems<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that it is possible to live in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"