A Prayer for Ukraine

The news can be difficult to listen to and to read.
When that news relates to faces we know
and to voices familiar to us,
it becomes all the harder to hear.

Lord God,
We ask you to hold the people of Ukraine deep in your heart.
Protect them, we pray;
from violence,
from political gamesmanship,
from being used and abused.

Give, we pray,
the nations of the world the courage
and the wisdom
to stand up for justice
and the courage too,
to dare to care generously.

Lord, in your mercy,
take from us all
the tendencies in us
that seek to lord it over others:
take from us those traits
that see us pursuing our own needs and wants
before those of others.

Teach us how to live in love

and dignity
and respect following your example.
In your name and for your sake,
Amen

Issued by Lord Wallace, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and the Very Rev. Dr. Susan Brown, convener of the Faith Impact Forum, Church of Scotland

If you wish to make a donation to support those offering care to Ukrainians fleeing their country, it can be made through the United Church of Canada Foundation. Click here.   The Act Alliance will be working with Hungarian Interchurch Aid to care for Ukrainian refugees.

We pray for peace, we pray for hope, we pray for wisdom to be with all affected by this situation.
Rev. Susan & Rev. David