Lament & Hope: Prayers & Teaching for Justice and Peace

A Prayer for Peace in Ukraine: Господи помилуй Lord have Mercy

March 12, 2022 Jon Swales
Lament & Hope: Prayers & Teaching for Justice and Peace
A Prayer for Peace in Ukraine: Господи помилуй Lord have Mercy
Show Notes

Voice and Words: Jon Swales
Piano Alice Brencher

A Prayer for Peace in Ukraine-

 Господи помилуй Lord have mercy (Draft)

Father of Creation,

God of Peace,

The world has changed,

And so have our hearts,

As we face disappointment, 

disorientation and distress

Not knowing what will happen next.

Lord have mercy,

Christ have mercy.

Putin and the Masters of War

Have opened the door to the beasts of war,

And it may overwhelm us.

Who is like the beast?

Who can fight against it?

Yet our grief, anxiety and fear 

is nothing compared to that faced 

by ordinary people living in Ukraine.

So we pray for,

The brave and the scared,

The soldier and civilian,

The elderly and the newborn,

Lord have mercy,

Christ have mercy. 

And so we pray for,

Those who have decided to fight,

Those who have decided to flee,

Those who resist but choose not to kill.

Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy.

And so we pray for 

Those who this day will be wounded,

Those who this day will die,

Those who this day will mourn. 

Lord have mercy,

Christ have mercy

Father of Compassion,

God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

We look to you,

In a world at war,

For hope, healing and help,

For grace, goodness and guidance,

For the cessation of war and the flourishing of peace.

Lord have mercy,

Christ have mercy. 

Father of Peace,

God of Hope, 

After crucifixion,

Your Son was laid silent in the grave,

And then you spoke and he was raised to life.

Violence does not win,

It will not have the last word,

Death does not win,

It will not have the last word.

In the reconciliation of all things,

War will be no more.

In the reconciliation of all things,

All tears will be wiped away.

In the reconciliation of all things,

There will be a tree for the healing of the nations. 

Lord have mercy,

Christ have mercy.

Hospody pomyluy,

Christ have mercy. 

Amen