Prayer For Communities in Political Distress

(After the Psalms)

Take pity on your people, O God,
take pity on them,
For your people need refuge
Until the destruction is past.

Rescue your people
In Iran, in Honduras, in China,
In every place where communities clash.
From harm and violence, save them.
Be their stronghold from assailants
and the misuse of force
From those who would ignore justice, save them
From those who trample upon peace, save them.

Help us sing of your teachings
And become your voice
That rings out and echoes amid the hills,
“Peace be with you”
Shaming the wicked
And bringing strength
To those who feel abandoned or threatened.

We cry out, God of life,
So the just may be delivered
and peace may be restored.

Amen.