Here’s
a prayer from Carol Penner’s Leading in Worship website.
Repenting and Lamenting in Times Like These
You
are the God who hears:
hear
our prayer today for all who lament or repent.
For
those among us who face discrimination every day
because
of their skin colour,
we
lament.
For
those among us with white skin who benefit
from
racist systems sometimes even without realizing it,
we
repent.
For
those among us who have struggled and waited so long
for
the Promised Land of freedom and equality,
we
lament.
For
those among us who have acted in racist ways
and
have hurt people of colour,
we
repent.
For
those protesting injustice who face police brutality
and
a justice system rigged against them,
we
lament.
For
those who think racism is someone else’s problem,
and
not a problem for humanity,
we
repent.
God
of hope, show us how to work for justice together,
standing
up for what is right,
stepping
in when something's wrong,
shouldering
each other’s burdens,
holding
each other accountable,
righting
the wrongs we’ve done,
speaking
truth to power.
We
pray for change, lasting change,
for
protection for protesters,
for
a de-escalation of violence
and
for government leaders who listen.
Deliver
us from evil, within and without,
in
Jesus' name we pray, Amen
~
written by Carol Penner and posted on Leading in Worship. https://carolpenner.typepad.com/leadinginworship/
