We are in the midst of a time of memories, horrific beyond comprehension for many and harbingers of our future. You, O magnificent Creator, who do not want your children to destroy each other, help us to look at the events that occurred at Hiroshima and Nagasaki and pledge ourselves to a world of peace.
Enable us to look beyond our fears and to live in your hope. Empower us to imagine a world that is free of nuclear weapons and give us the will to make it so.
We ask this in the name of him who blessed the peacemakers, even Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
