For Ukraine: A prayer for peace

For Ukraine

              Prayer for Peace

O God, hear our voices

   and grant our world your peace.

Hear our voices,

   these are the voices

   of the victims of all wars and violence. 

Hear our voices,

   these are the voices of all children

   who suffer

   when we put our faith

   in weapons and war.

Hear our voices,

   for we speak for those in every country

   and in every period of history

   who do not want war

   and are ready to walk the road of peace.

O God, hear our voices

   and grant our world your peace.

Send us your Holy Spirit,

   instill into the hearts of all people

   the wisdom of peace,

   the strength of justice,

   and the joy of fellowship.

So that we may respond

   to hatred with courage and love,

   to injustice with dedication to truth,

   to suffering and need

   by the compassionate sharing

   of ourselves,

   to war with the non-violence of Jesus,

   who brings hope and peace.

Our God, hear my voice

    and grant our world your peace. Amen.