Dear Lord of peace, protect those who defend our country and our allies. Grant them to serve with courage, honor, and commitment. Be with their loved ones who must wait at home while they go to far and distant lands, answering the call of duty.
O Creator of the universe, You did not form Adam from the dust of the world so that his children would spill their brothers’ blood in that dust. With Adam’s sin came death, destruction, and war. Yet You did not turn from Your fallen creation but embraced it in the flesh of Your incarnate Son, winning our peace with You through His death and resurrection. Still, humanity rebels, and evil flourishes with wars and rumors of war.
Guide the leaders of this world that they may seek to walk in peace so that the skills of warriors may not be used except to deter those who would seek to harm us. We ask this in the name of the Prince of Peace, the only Savior of the world, Jesus the Christ. Amen.