Praying for Kenya

Even when I cry out, "Violence!' I am not answered;
I call aloud, but there is no justice. (Job 19:7)

At lunchtime today the chapel was particularly beautiful with sun streaming in.
We gathered to pray for peace and reconciliation in Kenya. Emotion was high and tears fell as we remembered friends, family and colleagues caught up in the violence; medical staff working in desperate conditions; houses, schools and churches burnt down; men, women and children killed.
Silence, song and words expressed our sense of helplessness.
Yet we dared to hope and we prayed.

The cross is the way of the lost.
The cross is the staff of the lame.

The cross is the guide of the blind.
The cross is the strength of the weak.

The cross is the hope of the hopeless.
The cross is the freedom of the slaves.

The cross is the water of the seeds.
The cross is the consolation of the bonded labourers.

The cross is the source of those who seek water.
The cross is the cloth of the naked.

The cross is the healing of the broken.
The cross is the peace of the church.
(St. Yared, Ethiopia)