Comfort O Comfort Your People
We pray for those lives,
made in your image,
damaged by violence.
Response: Comfort, O comfort your people.
We pray for those in authority
that they may use their power
to bind wounds, heal relationships
and find common ground.
Response: Comfort, O comfort your people.
We pray for a transforming peace,
turning fear into trust,
pain into hope
and doubt into confidence
for a better future.
Response: Comfort, O comfort your people
We pray for world leaders
that they may establish structures for justice,
protecting human dignity,
enabling reconciliation
and building God's kingdom.
Response: Comfort, o comfort your people.
Sue Cooper/CAFOD
"The injustices of the world and of history are not healed by hatred and revenge, but by dialogue and forgiveness."