[Oe List ...] Longing for Peace When There Is No Peace

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Thank you, Marshall.

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That is a terrific prayer, a great piece of poetry,  Marshall,  thanks for sharing it. 
Nancy Trask



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From: "W. J. via OE" <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> 
Date: 11/15/2015 7:54 AM (GMT-06:00) 
To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at wedgeblade.net>, ICA Dialogue Dialogue <ica-dialogue at igc.topica.com> 
Subject: [Oe List ...] Longing for Peace When There Is No Peace 

I'd like to share with our community a prayer I wrote for today's roundtable worship service.
Marshall

Longing for Peace When There Is No Peace
A Responsive Prayer of Confession
 
Our hearts are heavy with grieving today.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
When Paris is bombed, we all are attacked.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
We mourn for our brothers and sisters who died.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
We’re fragile and vulnerable, broken and angry.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Our freedom and affluence have not kept us safe.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Our gated communities have not kept us safe.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Our rifles and pistols have not kept us safe.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Our homeland security has not kept us safe.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Our border defenses have not kept us safe.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Our satellite spying has not kept us safe.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Our drones and our prisons have not kept us safe.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Our Pentagon budget has not kept us safe.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Our money and power have not kept us safe.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
We live with injustice and still call for peace.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
We’re arrogant, haughty, judgmental, and scared.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
We have met the enemy, and they are us.
Deliver us now from our hatred and fear.
 
Amen, Amin, Ameyn.


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