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Prince of Peace, Let us be peace-makers:

More ready to call people friends than enemies;

More ready to love than to hate;

More ready to trust than to mistrust;

More ready to respect than to despise;

More ready to serve than be served;

More ready to absorb and transform evil than to pass it on.

In this season of Remembrance,

Let us remember not only wars of yesterday

And the scars they have left on so many lives,

But also the conflicts of today,

And the raw wounds that have not yet healed.

Prince of Peace,

Help us to be more like You.

Help us live peaceably in our home lives, where peace begins,

And help this choice of peace at home radiate outwards

Into every hurting heart and home,

And into every torn community and fearful nation.

Lord, peace is Your gift to us;

Let peace be our gift to the world.

Amen

A Remembrance prayer from the Moderator of the General

Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Rev Dr Derek Browning.