Praying for Peace and Justice on November 24, 2024
We get to choose
Oh Divine Presence,
It is so easy these days to feel ourselves deep in the darkness of fear, injustice, separateness, anguish, hopelessness, and abandonment. You remind us that You are an unchanging Presence surrounding us. This is a universal Law on which we can depend. It is not our pleas that bring you to consciousness; you come when we least expect you in the darkest part of the night. The pain of waiting is in proportion to the joy of resurrection. We get to choose resurrection.
So we ask you to remind us always to seek your presence; to knock when we are afraid; to open the door to let you in. Show us the next step, however small, that we can take on the journey to peace and justice in this world of chaos. Remind us that it is not all up to us, while at the same time we seek to be faithful to the little part that is ours.
We pray these things humbly but with bold confidence in your Love.
Amen.
