A call to prayer
Canon David Jardine of The Divine Healing Ministries has asked Church Leaders to contact their clergy, asking them to encourage people to pray especially for Northern Ireland during Holy Week. He has included a prayer written by the late Rev Cecil Kerr which may be appropriate at this time:–
A Prayer for Ireland
Lord Jesus Christ,
You are the way of peace.
Come into the brokenness of this land
With your healing love.
Help us to be willing to bow before you
In true repentance,
And to bow to one another
In true forgiveness.
By the fire of your Holy Spirit
Melt our hard hearts and consume
The pride and prejudice
Which separate us from each other.
Fill us, O Lord with your perfect love
Which casts out fear
And bind us together in that unity
Which you share with the Father
And the Holy Spirit forever.
Amen.