Some Suggested Prayers for Burma October 2007
We pray for peace and justice in Burma. We pray that the Burmese rulers may respect their people, and that the people may be given greatness of spirit in their struggle to live free from fear. We pray for a prosperous Burma in which all the people may live with dignity.
We pray for the monks and nuns of Burma, that they may be faithful to their calling to represent to their society with kindness and peace. We pray in thanks for the lives of the monks who have died and the courage of those who have been tortured for their faithfulness to the teaching. May their lives not be wasted but be the bricks out of which a new Burma is built.
We pray for the poor of Burma that they may find respect for their humanity. May they come to live in a nation that is governed for the good of all, where people of different cultures and languages can live as equal citizens of a shared land. May the present struggle lead to a free Burma.
We pray with those who struggle to build a better and more humane society in Burma. May they find strength to continue to live by their large hopes, and may our solidarity with them give them encouragement. We pray that the seed of freedom that has been watered with blood may spring green for all the people of Burma.
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