Thank you, YOU who wrote this poetry, you who sent it and you who read it. So be it! On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 5:52 AM, via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Thank you, Marshall.
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*From: *Nancy Trask via OE *Sent: *Sunday, November 15, 2015 5:30 PM *To: *W. J. via OE *Subject: *Re: [Oe List ...] Longing for Peace When There Is No Peace
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@lists.wedgeblade.net>
Date: 11/15/2015 7:54 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe@wedgeblade.net>, ICA Dialogue Dialogue <ica-dialogue@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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