Holy One of Grace and Mystery;
We come before you as a people called by you.
We lift our voices up to you, with sisters and brothers around the globe. We lift them in praise, we lift them in sorrow.
We see the struggles of fellow creation, we encounter our own, and we pause and pray.
We pray to you here in this place, here in this moment, for your guiding grace.
We pray for peace, but not the peace of this world.
We pray for true peace, for your peace, for the peace that Jesus the Christ taught, lived, proclaimed, died and rose again for. A peace that is not defined as the end of violent conflict, BUT a peace that restores, renews, heals all of your creation. A peace that brings forth true unity in diversity, a peace that truly honours the worth of all.
We pray not just for that peace, but that we may also be the agents of that peace.
We pray that we may allow your peace to empower us to repent, empower us to forgive ourselves for the pain we cause each other, creation, ourselves and you.
We pray that we may truly be empowered, truly be transformed to shine forth your glory, to share your love and peace with all who we encounter, so that all may know true peace. So that the community of peace, which the Living Christ still calls us to, may one day be reality in every place , in every moment, and not just a distant dream that glistens into being in moments here and there.
May we be open to the leadings of your Spirit, to live, to proclaim, to seek and dream of the Peace of your Son in our response to your call to us and all of your creation.
In the Holy Name of the Proclaimer of Peace we come before you,
Amen
— Lyle II