Here’s a
confession suitable for Peace Sunday, Memorial Day, or Remembrance Day. It was posted on the Main Street Congregational Church website.
Confession: A New Way
Remember,
O God, the people of this world,
divided
into many nations, religions and tongues.
Deliver
us from every evil
that
stands in the way of your saving purpose
and
fulfill the promise of peace on earth
among
those with whom you are well pleased.
Help us
find a new way, God,
to turn
from the curse of war
and the
human sin that causes war;
a way
from pride that turns its back on you;
from
unbelief that will not bow to you,
away from
self-righteousness that will not compromise,
from
selfishness that glories in the oppression of others,
from the
lust for property or power that drives humanity to kill,
from
trusting in the weapons of war
and
mistrusting the councils of peace,
from hearing,
believing and speaking lies
about
other nations and religions,
from
ground-less suspicions and fears
that
stand in the way of reconciliation,
from
words and deeds that encourage discord, prejudice and hatred;
from
everything that prevents the human family
from
fulfilling your promise of peace.
And now,
O God,
hear our
private confessions we lift up to you now in silence....
~ posted on the Main Street Congregational Church website. http://www.main-street-church.org/files/45997849.pdf
