Prayer
Service
on the Nonviolence of
Jesus
Jerusalem/Jerusalem,
if only today
you knew the things
that make for peace!
(Luke 19:42)
Jesus, you wept over Jerusalem and its disregard of Samaritans
and lepers, and you weep today over the escalating violence of racism and hate
in our own society and world.
Jesus, in the face of escalating violence,
LET US ESCALATE LOVE
Jesus, you wept over Jerusalem and its humiliating occupation by the Roman
Empire, and you weep today over the escalating violence of terrorism and
humiliating occupation in your Holy Land.
Jesus, in the face of escalating violence,
LET US ESCALATE LOVE
Jesus, you wept over Jerusalem and its exploitation of the poor, and you weep
today over the escalating violence of poverty in our own society &
world.
Jesus, in the face of escalating violence,
LET US ESCALATE LOVE
Jesus, you wept over Jerusalem and its disregard of women and children, and you
weep today over escalating violence against women and children in our own
society
& world.
Jesus, in the face of escalating violence,
LET US ESCALATE LOVE
Jesus, you wept over Jerusalem and its deadly use of weapons of violence, and
you weep today over the proliferation of the weapons of violence, from handguns
to nuclear bombs, in our own society and world.
Jesus, in the face of escalating violence,
LET US ESCALATE LOVE
Jesus, you wept over Jerusalem where capital punishment was rampant, and you
weep today over the escalating use of capital punishment in our own society.
Jesus, in the face of escalating violence,
LET US ESCALATE LOVE
Jesus, you wept over Jerusalem where the forces of domination were everywhere,
and you weep today over the escalating domination – all the ‘isms - in our own
society & world.
Jesus, in the face of escalating violence,
LET US ESCALATE LOVE