Centennial of the end of WWI

Ypres, Belgium

Today marks the centennial of the end of the First World War.
The guns on the western front fell silent at 11:00 am on the
eleventh day of the eleventh month.

Prayer for Remembrance Day

God of grace

hear the prayers of Your people 

as we join with You in longing for peace.  

                                               

On this day we remember 

 those who have given themselves in war

and those whose lives are marked forever

by the scars of conflict. 

                                                                                        

We pray for the armed forces, for all who through duty or love risk their own lives for others,
remembering Jesus who gave His own life 

that all might live.

                                                           

We pray for the victims,

for children, women, and men living in fear 

and for those fleeing conflict, 

remembering Jesus who became a refugee in Egypt.                                                                                                     

We pray for leaders of nations, that they might seek peace within their countries and across the world,
remembering Jesus, the Prince of Peace.  

May we be courageous in our living, 

compassionate in our loving, 

and faithful in our serving. 

                                                       

 In the name of Christ.

Amen.

The Rev. Michaela Youngson  

President of the Conference, 

The Methodist Church in Britain