Prayer Offered for May 23, 2025

On this Memorial Day Weekend, we pray:

We pray in memory of all the dead

who gave their lives in any war—

and of the survivors still broken

in body or spirit.

We pray in memory of the veterans, activists, and original thinkers

persecuted, imprisoned, punished, or killed

for defending others’ rights to freedom. 

We pray in memory of teachers in every land 

who proclaim every day 

by the witness of their lives:

Be that which you want to see in the world.

We pray in memory of each of us, waking up slowly

to the miracle of our lives, opening our eyes

again, and again to the sacredness of the other.

Gracious God, we ask You to bless not only the great sacrifices of our brothers and sisters but each little step we take for the sake of mending our world.—AMEN.