{"id":5214,"date":"2010-11-11T07:15:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T07:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/11\/a-prayer-for-veterans-day.html"},"modified":"2010-11-11T07:15:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T07:15:20","slug":"a-prayer-for-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/11\/a-prayer-for-veterans-day.html","title":{"rendered":"A prayer for Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/soldierpray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"soldierpray.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/11\/soldierpray-thumb-300x207-19230.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" height=\"207\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">God of peace,<br \/>\nwe pray for those who have served our nation<br \/>\nand have laid down their lives<br \/>\nto protect and defend our freedom.<\/p>\n<p>We pray for those who have fought,<br \/>\nwhose spirits and bodies are scarred by war,<br \/>\nwhose nights are haunted by memories<br \/>\ntoo painful for the light of day.<\/p>\n<p>We pray for those who serve us now,<br \/>\nespecially for those in harm&#8217;s way.<br \/>\nShield them from danger<br \/>\nand bring them home.<\/p>\n<p>Turn the hearts and minds<br \/>\nof our leaders and our enemies<br \/>\nto the work of justice and a harvest of peace.<\/p>\n<p>Spare the poor, Lord, spare the poor!<\/p>\n<p>May the peace you left us,<br \/>\nthe peace you gave us,<br \/>\nbe the peace that sustains,<br \/>\nthe peace that saves us.<\/p>\n<p>Christ Jesus, hear us!<br \/>\nLord Jesus, hear our prayer!<\/p>\n<p><em>Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; from <a href=\"http:\/\/concordpastor.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/prayer-for-veterans-day.html\">the Concord Pastor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God of peace, we pray for those who have served our nation and have laid down their lives to protect and defend our freedom. 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