Prayer for Washington DC during Federal Occupation, by Madeline Peltz

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Date: 2025-08-16

Last Updated: 2025-08-16

Categories: Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

Tags: 21st century C.E., 47th President of the United States, 58th century A.M., Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia, District of Columbia, English vernacular prayer

Excerpt: A prayer written for the people of Washington DC during the Trump administration's authoritarian push, August 2025. . . .

Content:
A prayer written for the people of Washington DC during the Trump administration’s authoritarian push, August 2025.
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God,
please be with the people
of Washington DC.
Protect the most vulnerable,
give them the shelter of your peace.
Remind them
that they are not alone,
that we are with them.
Bring us a world
of everlasting love
and togetherness.
A world free
from authoritarianism,
where there are no police,
no weapons,
no jails,
no borders,
no hatred.
Make this prayer
like a pebble in water,
a ripple of holiness
that reaches
across this moment,
across this table,
this home,
this city,
and this world.
Hear us,
so that we may heal our brokenness
seven generations back
and seven generations forward.
Amen.

This prayer, by Madeline Peltz, was offered after the issuance of the Executive Order entitled “Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia” on 11 August 2025.

 

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Caption: Flag of the District of Columbia (15 October 1938)