God of all nations, you are our
Strength and Shield.
We give you thanks today for the devotion and
courage of all those who have offered military service for this country:
For those who have fought for freedom;
For those who have laid down their lives for others;
For those who have borne suffering of mind or of body;
For those who have brought their best gifts to times of need.
For those who have laid down their lives for others;
For those who have borne suffering of mind or of body;
For those who have brought their best gifts to times of need.
God, in your mercy and love, we thank you for their lives.
On our behalf, oh God, many have entered into danger, endured
separation from those they love, labored long hours and born hardship in
war and in peacetime.
God, in your mercy and love, we thank you for their lives.
We ask today that you would lift up by your Spirit those who are now
at war; encourage and heal those in hospitals or mending their wounds at
home; guard those in any need or trouble; hold safely in your hands all
military families and bring the returning troops to joyful reunion and
tranquil life at home.
Give to us, your people, grateful hearts and a united will to honor
these men and women and hold them always in our love and our prayers
until your world is perfected in peace and all wars cease.
Through Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen
By the Rev. Dr. Jennifer Phillips, St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church at the U. of Rhode Island
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