Mighty God, you make
wars cease.
Pray break the bows,
shatter the spears
that destroy, kill,
and annihilate people today--
young and old, women
and children, orphans and
widows, all those whom
you have commended to us
for protection and
care when they are in distress.
To provide such
protection and care without
"showing
off" is a challenge hard to meet,
but we must do all we
can to ease
the suffering. God help us.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93
Esth. 3:1-4:3
James 1:19-27
Matt. 6:1-6, 16-18
Selected Verses
Ps. 46:9
[The LORD] makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
Esth. 3:13
Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces,
giving orders to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old,
women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which
is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. …
James 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father,
is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself
unstained by the world.
Matt. 6:1
"…Beware of practicing your piety before others in
order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in
heaven. …" [Jesus to the crowds on the mountain]
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