A prayer for memorial day
William Sloan Coffin, one of the nation's clearest voices for peace and justice, was pastor of the Riverside Church in New York. Bill died just a few years ago, but left a distinguished trail of wisdom. Here is a memorial day prayer he once offered.
"Grant, O God, that they may not have died in vain. May we draw new vigor
from past tragedy. Buttress our instincts for peace, sorely beleaguered.
Save us from justifications invented to make us look noble, grand and
righteous and from blanket solutions to messy, detailed problems. Give us
the vision to see that those nations that gave the most to their generals
and least to their poor were, throughout all history, the first to fall.
Most of all, give us the vision to see that the world is now too dangerous
for anything but truth, too small for anything but love. Through Jesus
Christ our Savior, who became what we are to make us what he is. Amen."
~ William Sloan Coffin
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