Prayer on Anniversary of War

GRANT us grace, O Lord, to learn of your judgements which overtake us when we set brother against brother and nation against nation. Give us wisdom and strength to fashion better instruments for our common life, so that we may dwell in concord under your providence; and may your kingdom come among us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

(Prayers on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Ending of the War in Europe, The Church of England)

 

Prayer in troubled times

GOD of love,
turn our hearts to your ways;
and give us peace.
Amen.

(Prayer Resources Following the London Bombings, The Church of England)

 

Prayer for Thursday's events

In the face of terrorism

...

As we hold before God those who suffer, we give thanks for every sign of the resilience of the human spirit and the determination not to be cowed by the cowards. We pray that all people may learn to live in peace and with mutual respect. May we not cease in our striving for justice and for an end to poverty, preventable disease and the destruction of the environment. May our eyes be fixed on Jesus, who bears and takes away the sin of the world, and in whom nothing can separate us from the love of God.

Amen.

(Jonathan Kerry, Prayers for Thursday's events 7th July 2005, The Methodist Church)