{"id":4995,"date":"2009-05-25T00:08:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T00:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/05\/memorial-day-prayers-for-peace.html"},"modified":"2009-05-25T00:08:23","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T00:08:23","slug":"memorial-day-prayers-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/05\/memorial-day-prayers-for-peace.html","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day: Prayers for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ArabIsraeli.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/ArabIsraeli.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"335\" width=\"290\" \/><\/span>Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of peace, and guide with your<br \/>\nwisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquillity your dominion may<br \/>\nincrease until the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br \/>\nwho lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br \/>\n<i>Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Lord God Almighty, you have made all the peoples of the earth for your glory, to serve you<br \/>\nin freedom and in peace: Give to the people of our country a zeal for justice and the strength of<br \/>\nforbearance, that we may use our liberty in accordance with your gracious will; through Jesus<br \/>\nChrist our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<br \/>\n<i>Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of peace, and guide with your wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquillity your dominion may increase until the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-issues"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Memorial Day: Prayers for Peace - Jesus Creed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/05\/memorial-day-prayers-for-peace.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Memorial Day: Prayers for Peace - Jesus Creed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of peace, and guide with your wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquillity your dominion may increase until the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; 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