Here’s a prayer of confession and commitment from the Sisters of Mercy of
the Americas.
Peace Prayer
Loving
God, you inspire us with love for all persons
and
concern for the well-being of all creation.
Give us
today the strength and courage
to
transform the compassion of our hearts
into
acts of peace, mercy, and justice.
Forgive
us for the arrogance that leads to moral blindness,
for
desires for vengeance and retaliation,
and for
willingness to sacrifice others for our own security and avarice.
Help us
to renounce all forms of violence:
prejudice,
unfair allegations, intolerance, and injury.
Give us
the courage to resist threatening postures,
calls
to arms, mobilization of troops and weapons, and
all
actions that threaten the lives and livelihoods of innocent people.
Empower
us to live out the caring presence
of the
merciful and generous persons we claim to be.
Make us
channels of your peace, bearers of healing,
women
and men who hear and respond with alacrity
to
pleas for justice in our world.
We ask
all this in the name of Jesus
who
came among us to show us the way.
— from the
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Posted on the Center of Concern website. https://www.coc.org/
