Saturday, September 19, 2015

How does one pray for our enemies?

It is always a challenge to pray for our enemies (our persecutors).  To love them.

Dylan Roof, Adam Lanza, ISIS, and the list goes on and on.

How do you do it? I found these two blog posts to be an excellent resource in what Jesus asks of all of his disciples:

http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-contamination-of-prayer.html

http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2015/09/a-prayer-for-isis.html

A prayer from the BCP:

O God, the Father of all, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth: deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; and in  your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before you, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.





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