March 21, 2009

Here is today’s prayer:

God of all nations, we praise you that in Christ
the barriers that have separated humanity are torn down.
Yet we confess our slowness to open our hearts and minds
to those of other lands, tongues, and races.
Deliver us from the sins of fear and prejudice,
that we may move toward the day
when all are truly one in Jesus Christ. Amen.
-Ruth Duck, U.S.A., 20th Cent. (BOW 492)

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