Prayer for Nuclear Disarmament

You have given us life, intelligence and the beauty of Creation, O Lord.
Your good gifts were given so we might be stewards of all that is alive.
In our arrogance, we have unleashed fearful forces that destroy.
We have brought down fierce fire from the sky.
Your children have been burned, your gentle green earth scorched.

Fear rules us now, not Love; we have given in to evils, lesser and greater.
In your mercy, help us turn from destruction, from the bombs and barricades.
Lead us to Life again, to affirmation of all goodness and to international disarmament.
With your grace, may we begin to dismantle the bombs, beat the swords into plowshares,
And so transform the nuclear nightmare into the peace you have proposed.
Hear our prayer, Lord, and guide us in your ways. Amen