Prayer Offered for January 28, 2021

God of sorrows, on these days of painful memories marking the liberation of Jewish survivors at Auschwitz and the end of the Holocaust, we once again come face to face with the atrocities that human beings perpetrate on one another. We need Your grace to enlighten us today to value all persons for their presence, their gifts, their contributions to the ongoing evolution of our civilizations. Help us to banish from our hearts fear, prejudice, arrogance, denial, and all that prevents us from appreciating the beauty of each other’s lives. May we stand together knowing the joy of truly encountering one another. We ask this in Your name.—AMEN.