Prayer for Anzac Day
We honour the heroism and courage,
the love and devotion of our fallen,
and those at home who carried the
loneliness of loss.
They remain beacons of hope, and reminders
of the horror,
waste and futility of war.
In today’s uncertainty, hear our
cries for peace
and justice. Turn our thoughts away from bitterness
and towards
forgiveness.
Help us to enter the sufferings of
others, to feel
their pain, to taste their sorrow. Draw us close
to the
frightened and troubled, that we may be
instruments of your peace and healing.
May our care for one another build
a strong community, where the wounds of war truly heal, where those
who come
from other lands quickly feel at home,
where respect and tolerance are the
values we treasure.
God of tenderness and mercy, hear our prayers.
Fr.
James Lyons