United Nations International Day of Peace

 

Today Thursday, September 21 is the UN International Day of Peace. You may wish to recognize this day by finding ways to promote peace personally, politically, and as a community. Here is a prayer for peace that you might choose to share or say on today:

 

God, I dream of a loving world

where we see each other

with your eyes.

I dream of a resourceful world

where we cherish the unique gift

of each other.

I dream of a hopeful world

where we recognize the power of your grace

to transform and make new.

I dream of peace.

Written by Claire Annelise Smith, Guyana (Shared in United For Peace Worship Resource, The United Church of Canada and  from Timeless Prayers for Peace: Voices Together from around the World, comp. Geoffrey Duncan (Canterbury press, UK, 2002), p. 33)