Election Day Litany

 
Lord, listen to Your children praying

Campaign season is noisy

press conferences

national conventions

protests

rallies

debates

Our ears are overwhelmed

Despite all the noise, the sound of uncertainty reverberates throughout our nation

We struggle to perceive the movement of the Spirit over the clamor

We claim to separate faith and politics

And yet the two cannot help but collide: melody and harmony

Woven into the composition of our social order

 

And so on this Election Day we gather and pray

Lord, send Your spirit in this place

our homes and work spaces

our houses of worship

our polling stations

our voting booths

and campaign headquarters

That your healing presence would resound through broken

places in our systems and government

 

Lord, listen to Your children praying

Make Your ways, our ways

Your tune, our tune

Ground us in Your melody of goodness

Bless us as if we were each an instrument of peace

Creating harmonies of love that ring louder than

the static of indifference

 

Send us love that frees us from hatred and bitterness

toward one another

Send us power that resonates justice and protects human dignity

Send us grace that we would sing songs of hope and unity

Send us love, send us power, send us grace

Pacific Northwest Conference (of The UMC)