{"id":71391,"date":"2022-02-24T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/primus-on-ukraine-crisis-let-us-pray-today-for-peace\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:24:00","slug":"primus-on-ukraine-crisis-let-us-pray-today-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/primus-on-ukraine-crisis-let-us-pray-today-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Primus on Ukraine crisis: “Let us pray today for peace”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following news today of attacks by Russia on Ukrainian military targets, the Most Rev Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, spoke of the need for prayer, and issued a call to offer support to those most affected by the ongoing situation in Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bishop Mark said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have listened and prayed for the political leaders of the world as they have engaged with the complex and worrying situation at the Ukrainian border. We have heard national arguments, economic arguments, historic arguments and pleas for diplomacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly this morning all that has changed. Now our thoughts and prayers must be with those who woke to the sound of missiles exploding, with fear for their children on active duty, and for those families fleeing from fighting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Christians we are called to be people of prayer. Our prayer is for peace, and also for the strength to offer ourselves in the service of others.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us pray today for peace, and prepare ourselves to offer support where it is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Primus is also among worship leaders from across Scotland who are encouraging the use of a special ecumenical prayer for peace in Ukraine as part of their services this Sunday (27 February).<\/p>\n

The prayer has been produced by the Scottish Church Leaders Forum in response to the invasion and they stand in solidarity with all those who face the perils of war and the fear that ensues when the bonds of peace are broken.<\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nCreator and giver of life to all people:<\/em>
\nWe ask that you would hear our prayer for peace amongst the nations<\/em>
\nAnd for ending of conflict in Ukraine.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nWho shall judge between the nations:<\/em>
\nWe ask that that you would lead the nations in the paths of peace<\/em>
\nAnd that the dividing wall of hostility would be broken down.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nWho has inspired faith across the ages:<\/em>
\nGrant peace in the midst of war<\/em>
\nAnd bring harmony to the commonwealth of nations.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nWho gave his only Son that we might have life:<\/em>
\nWe ask that you would pour out your Holy Spirit<\/em>
\nAnd inspire in us hope that peace will be renewed.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Signed by:
\nMost Rev. Mark Strange, Primus, on behalf of the College of Bishops, Scottish Episcopal Church
\nLord Wallace, Moderator of the General Assembly, Church of Scotland
\nMost Rev. Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Roman Catholic Church
\nLt. Col. Carol Bailey, Secretary for Scotland, Salvation Army
\nAdwoa Bittle, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
\nRev. Dr David Miller, Moderator, United Free Church of Scotland
\nRev. Neil MacMillan, Moderator, Free Church of Scotland
\nRev. Paul Whittle, Moderator, United Reformed Church (Scotland)
\nRev. Martin Hodson, General Director, Baptist Union of Scotland
\nRev. Mark Slaney, District Chair, Methodist Church (Scotland)
\nRev. Thomas R. Wilson, Chair, Congregational Federation in Scotland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following news today of attacks by Russia on Ukrainian military targets, the Most Rev Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, spoke of the need for prayer, and issued a call to offer support to those most affected by the ongoing situation in Ukraine. Bishop Mark said: […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}