As part of the national call to pray together from the Church of Scotland, today we pause and pray for our land and our world. We use a prayer provided under the heading of a song for justice.
Hear me, O God,
hear my songs of lament
at injustices
too many, too overwhelming,
crowding in on me.
How can there be so much pain and violence?
Will it never end?
Will we never learn?
Receive the emotions that churn around me
when I open myself to such questions.
Listen to my heartfelt please for peace, for justice.
May I listen today with all of creation
for the joy and life at the heart of all being.
May this rhythm sustain me through the today.
May your song carry me;
the praise that underpins all of creation
delight my heart
and allow my voice to join with my ancestors,
my sisters and brothers
and all creation,
as we seek justice for all.
Amen.
