A year of intercessions

Our minister, Simon Perry, has written a series of intercessions for use during the church year.

Remembrance Day

Loving God,

Today we remember all those who have died in war.

We remember soldiers who have given their lives, suffered physical injury or witnessed unspeakable horror.

We remember all who have lost homes, and livelihoods and loved ones, because of war.

We remember helpless victims, whose memory is drowned in an ocean of statistics.

We remember,

We look to you,

We ask 'why'?

We ask where you were.

But we see your face

In the fear of the soldier and the despair of the victim

In the broken child and the bereaved parent

In the peace campaigner and the reluctant general.

Awaken us to fight the battles that avert war.

Inspire us to disarm our enemies of hatred,

Forgive us for investing in the tools of war,

Liberate us from the lust for security,

Open our eyes to the true depths of horror in our world, that we may see a deeper hope.

O God, who breaks the rifle, who shatters the missile, and burns the tanks in fire.

Be exalted among the nations

Be exalted in all the earth.

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