A Prayer:

One Year Since Invasion

We pray to you, O Author of Peace;
We pray to you, O Presence of Love;
We pray to you, O Demander of Justice:

Humble us in our pretense to dominion;
Haunt us with the cries of those slain - at our own hands and others';
Hear us when we do not trust your dream of peace;
Heal us through a spirit of repentance:

That this world may reflect your creative fullness,
And not our emptiness of freedom through power.

Amen.