27 May 2019

Prayers appropriate for the USA's Memorial Day Observance

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The Episcopal Church in the United States of America provides 2 prayers especially appropriate for Memorial Day in the USA:

O Judge of the nations, we remember before you with grateful hearts the men and women of our country who in the day of decision ventured much for the liberties we now enjoy. Grant that we may not rest until all the people of this land share the benefits of true freedom and gladly accept its disciplines. This we ask in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

 The Book of Common Prayer, 1979, USA


God the King of Glory, in whose hands are the living and the dead: We give you thanks for all those who have laid down their lives in the service of our country. Grant them your mercy and the light of your presence; give us a sense of your will and purpose, that we may understand that the work you have begun in them will be perfected through Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, in whom all strife is resolved. Amen

Enriching Our Worship 3, The Episcopal Church