Monday, November 11, 2013

A Prayer for Monday, November 11, 2013

Veterans

O God,

Thank you for our veterans.

Thank you for the veterans of the military; thank you for those men and women who have served and who are serving in our Armed Forces. Thank you for the personal sacrifices they have made and are making in order to defend our nation.

Thank you also for the veterans of our diplomatic corps; thank you for those women and men who have worked and who do work behind the scenes in order to maintain and develop relationships so that peace can be fostered and so that war will not be necessary. Thank you for the efforts they have made and are making to defend our nation.

Thank you also for the veterans of peace efforts and movements; thank you for those women and men who have taken and who are taking prophetic and radical stances in order to summon the rest of us to an awareness of the possibilities of living as a peaceful world community. Thank you for the efforts they have made and are making to defend our world.

Thank you for our veterans.

Amen.

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