Prayer for today

Prayer for justice and peace

Tongue of God, keep on speaking
so that the peoples of earth
can speak your language to each other
and all can hear you in their own.
Speak peace where nations meet,
justice where ideas clash,
mercy where power reigns,
healing where minds and bodies hurt,
and love where churches seek your unity.

Amen

(Graham Cook;
quoted in Book of 1000 Prayers,
ed. Angela Ashwin, pub. Zondervan)