Evening Prayer – 16 February 2016

  
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights are lit

As the wind blows outside I ponder many things

Remembering my own time in far off places

Places where there is constant danger

Places where the government had sent me

Places where so many have lost their lives

While it has been five years since I hung up the uniform

My heart turns to those who are still serving

There is so much violence in this world

Lord, now, more than ever it seems

We are in need of your grace

We are in need of your mercy

We are in need of your justice for ALL people

Tonight as I think of those in places of violence and war

As I think of those in places of poverty and oppression

While I give thanks for the life I have

I come into your presence with my heartfelt prayer

Dona Nobis Pacem

Grant Us Peace

Grant your peace to ALL your children

Help us to beat swords into plowshares

Help us to turn spears into pruning hooks

Help your children to study peace and not war anymore

Again my heart cries out to you

Dona Nobis Pacem

Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer for peace from the heart of your Padre… A heart that is full… A heart that is weary of mindless warmongering rhetoric… A heart that yearns for peace…