Embrace the Middle East

Please join in with this prayer as requested by ‘Embrace the Middle East’.

O God, the creator of all life, we bring before you all the people who call Israel and Palestine home. We particularly remember those living in Jerusalem and Gaza whose lives are marred by restrictions to their freedom, the threat of eviction from their homes and the constant fear of armed conflict. We ask your forgiveness for the anger, hatred and violence that all of us have the potential to carry within us.

We beseech you to soften hearts and open minds so that the sanctity of life is always protected, the right to freedom of worship upheld and the security of a safe home defended.

We pray that justice will flow like rivers, that human dignity will be respected and that each of us may strive to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with you, our God.

Amen