Killing
O God,
There’s too much killing.
Too many people believe that the best way to make their point or to
express their feelings is to harm and kill other people. Too many people are
willing to use a gun, a bomb, a knife, a truck, or some other weapon to inflict
pain and grief on others.
Lead us to repent of violence. Lead us to repent of our attitudes and
motives that accept and even fuel violence. Help us not to nurture thoughts of
anger and desires for vengeance.
Help us as a community, be it local, national, or universal, address
the societal problems that prompt people to believe that killing will help them
or their cause. Help us address mental illness, prejudice, oppression,
inequality, ignorance, and other situations that lie behind the violence and
killing that are far too commonplace.
Help us as followers of the Prince of Peace to do all we can to
promote, advocate for, and live in peace.
Amen.
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