Loving Creator –

We mourn and remember.

We remember the tragedy, the loss, and the pain of our actions.
We remember those dark clouds we created that took the breath of life.
You have provided us with abilities to create;
Yet we have used them to undo.
We have fashioned swords of mass destruction and fallen upon them.
We have used our collective abilities for suicide…

Help us not just to remember, but to recognize. To take responsibility.

To be responsible for the precious yet delicate gift of life you have given us.
Help us to be responsible with our abilities:
To use them for life and the flourishing of life.
Help us to continue to call out: “We will study war no more.”
And help us to twist the swords of destruction into pruning hooks and plowshares.

Help us that we might turn the tide of loss, tragedy, and pain toward your will for life and love.

In your many wonderful names.

Prepared for use as part of the Interfaith Convocation of the NPT Review Conference, Rally, March and Festival May 2nd, 2010, by Preston Davis, Union Theological Seminary and FOR.