The World Council of Churches (WCC) is making available a prayer to invite its member churches and partners across the world observe the International Day for the Elimination of  Racial Discrimination 


Prayer of Confession

Gracious God, we confess that as human beings, we sometimes miss the beat of your call to holiness and righteousness.

We do not always move in time to your drumbeat of peace with you and with one another. We resist your Holy Spirit’s nudges to follow the new commandment of our Saviour – to love one another.

Instead, we struggle even to tolerate each other and the uniqueness of each human being.

Our faithlessness puts us out of step with your movements of justice and compassion expressed through Christ’s love.

We confess that we have used our distorted voices to speak words that do not edify, but rather destroy. 

We trust your grace to restore our lives, our communities, and our world to sweet harmony, especially in these challenging and uncertain times.

As we confess our sinfulness, lead us to repentance so that we will value all human beings as contributing to the orchestra of life’s symphony.

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