A Prayer for America

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Rev Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, writes:

Mysterious God your ways are sometimes hard to fathom and your purposes amid the turmoil of life are sometimes hard to perceive.

Bless America. Be close today to those who behold the election result with dismay. Be with migrants who fear hostility and deportation. Uphold women who anticipate disrespect and feel their wellbeing in jeopardy. Give hope to the people of Ukraine who imagine a perilous future. Have mercy on the Palestinian people who wonder if their faint hope of a future has been extinguished. Sustain all throughout your world who sense the peril of the planet and its ecosystem. Make each one of us quicker to understand than to condemn, eager to work together even with those with whom we profoundly disagree, and hopeful despite despair.

As you have so many times before, surprise us with what your Holy Spirit can do in the face of setback and bewilderment; and draw us to that place of surprise, that we may in some small way be part of it.

In Christ your risen Son our Lord. Amen.

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