Prayer

God of love and peace, Jesus told his disciples that he had come not to be served, but to serve. We gather in your presence today mindful of the sacrifices made by so many to defend our freedom and promote justice and peace. We thank you for the gift of our nation’s veterans who generously gave of themselves in the effort to maintain our country’s freedom, and encourage it to flourish and prosper. May we who enjoy the blessings of freedom always be grateful to those who help to preserve it. We pray this in the name of God from whom all blessings flow. Amen.