God of Abraham and Sarah,
Jacob, Moses, and Aaron,
who through your prophets
raised the eyes of your people
to seek a better country
where justice prevailed
and peace reclaimed the streets;
we pray for the peoples of our time
that their lives be not shaped
by the stories only of their past,
but that they may discover,
in the traditions of their faith
and in the encounter with those
who are different from themselves,
a future in which there is room
for the gifts of all.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
