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When the carols have been stilled, When the star-topped tree is taken down, When family and friends are gone home, When we are back to our schedules The work of Christmas begins: To welcome the refugee To heal a broken planet To feed the hungry To build bridges of trust, not walls of fear To…

We pray that we may reverently offer in service to the world the ministry of light which we hold in fragile human hands, thus sharing in the saving work of Christ, the Light. Send the Spirit of Jesus upon us, O God, that we may be your songs of peace and joy in this world.…

May the power of God’s holy presence clear a path through the rubble of broken lives and hearts to make our world and [all its peoples a new creation in peace]. May our gracious God be always for us a shepherd to console and comfort us, to nourish all our deep hungers, and to make…

We pray that God’s coming into the days and years of our human history may be always new, always brimming with light to drive all darkness away. Make ready our hearts for your coming, O Lord, and receive our prayers in the name of the one who comes, our gracious Saviour, Jesus the Christ. Amen.

Lord God, in your presence none of us can boast and all of us must ask for mercy; yet your Son has embraced us to share in his labours for the salvation of every man, woman, and child. Grant us the grace to see what needs to be done and the wisdom and resources to…

Merciful Creator, source of all compassion, look with pity upon our world. Help us overcome the ravages of war, disease, hunger, and injustice; give dignity and well-being to all the human family. Visit us with your love; grant us peace; point us to the way that leads to fulfillment and sufficiency for all. O God,…

When you go home, tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today.   The Kohima Epitaph – John Maxwell Edmonds, 1918

Father of all, we pray to you for those we love, but see no longer. Grant them your peace, let light perpetual shine upon them, and in your loving wisdom and almighty power, work in them the good purpose of your perfect will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and…

God, you are a God of mercy, a God who does not deal with us according to our sins nor make your love contingent on our good behaviour. Be merciful to your people everywhere, and hear our prayers for those who are in need, especially for those caught in the terrors of war. We ask…

Lord God, in your presence none of us can boast, and all must ask for mercy; yet your Son has embraced us and called us to share in his labours for the salvation of every man, woman, and child. Grant us the grace to see what needs to be done and the wisdom and resources…