International Day of Prayer for Peace

Today is the International Day of Prayer for Peace. There are various observances today in Corpus Christi, TX. At noon I attended a prayer service at St. John's United Methodist Church. The prayer below is from that service. Please pray with me:

Eternal God, Creator of the Universe, there is no God but you. Great and wonderful are your works, wondrous are your ways. Thank you for the many splendoured variety of your creation. Thank you for the many ways we affirm your presence and purpose, and the freedom to do so. Forgive our violation of your creation. Forgive our violence toward each other. We stand in awe and gratitude for your persistent love for each and all of your children: Christian, Jew, Muslim, as well as those with other faiths. Grant to all and to our leaders attributes of the strong: mutual respect in words and deeds, restraint in the exercise of power, and the will for peace with justice, for all. Eternal God, Creator of the universe, there is no God but You. Amen.

(This prayer was authored by Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy and was used in many places in inter-religious worship gatherings around the time of the Gulf War in 1991.)