Prayer for those of the Right
by The Rev. Dennis Daniel and The Rev. Sydney Wilde Co-Ministers
of The Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston, Virginia
For projecting evil on those who appear different,
We ask forgiveness.
For ignoring the pain which our economic policies inflict on others.
We ask forgiveness.
For ignoring the rights of innocent people in the name of security,
We ask forgiveness.
For resorting to war as a path to power and control,
We ask forgiveness.
For allowing our fears to overcome our most fundamental
values as Americans,
We ask forgiveness.
Prayer for those of the Left
For blaming our leaders for the actions of others,
We ask forgiveness.
For our oversimplification of the complexities of political realities,
We ask forgiveness.
For our resistence to any kind of check on our freedoms as a cost of
security,
We ask forgiveness.
For our failure to recognize the existence of evil as an
active principle in
human endeavors,
We ask forgiveness.
For our failure to speak out in the face of public opinion,
We ask forgiveness.
Forgive us all sins, O God of forgiveness, pardon us, grant
us atonement.
Amen.
