Through a hole in the roof, O my God, I am trying to see you;
trying to tell you that all your people are suffering,
trying to ask you to bring peace,
to please stop this awful killing and destruction,
this murderous frenzy of nationalism!
God, you are the God of life.
Transform us in the depths of our hearts
into people through whom your peace is carried out into your world.
Send your Spirit into the hearts of those
who are captured in the net of violence,
be it as perpetrators or as victims,
and let us never give up the search for the chance to talk to them.