Evening Prayer – 21 January 2016

  
Last night your Padre was out of commission thanks to a bad sinusitis attack… Thankfully, today was a different day! I didn’t get out early enough to take a picture of the beautiful moon in all its detail with my camera… But it was beautiful!

Tonight, O Lord, the Vesper Lights are lit

The sun has set and the moon has risen

In the silvery glow of the moon we lift our prayer 

A prayer for a world in need of hope

A prayer for a world in need of healing

A prayer for a world in need of mercy

A prayer for a world in need of courage

A prayer for a world that needs to stand up

To stand up against violence

To stand up against bigotry

To stand up against racism

To stand up against sexism

To stand up against greed

To stand up against hatred

Help us, Lord, to stand up for peace

Help us, Lord, to stand up for mercy

Help us, Lord, to walk humbly with you

Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer 

Dona Nobis Pacem 

Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre as he reflects on Micah 6:8 and Jesus’ command to love even our enemies… All this in a world that is fixated on the myth of redemptive violence and ignorance masked as superiority…