This week we pray…..

We pray for all affected by the violence and unrest.
We remember the many hundreds killed
and pray for those who mourn their deaths
in such sudden and brutal circumstances.
We pray for those taken hostage or missing,
for families divided or living in fear
and for all suffering the humanitarian consequences
of conflict and war both in the Holy Land and beyond.

We pray for peace:
God of peace and justice
we pray for the people of the Holy Land,
Israeli and Palestinian, Jew, Christian and Muslim.
We pray for an end to acts of violence and terror;
We lift to you all who are fearful and hurting;
we ask for wisdom and compassion for those in leadership.
Above all we ask that Jesus, the Prince of Peace,
would bring lasting reconciliation and justice for all.

Almighty God, from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed:
Kindle, we pray thee, in the hearts of all men the true love of peace;
and guide with thy pure and peaceable wisdom
those who take counsel for the nations of the earth;
that in tranquillity thy kingdom may go forward,
till the earth is filled with the knowledge of thy love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP)