Pray with the global church

God of All Comfort, we bring before You the tense land of the West Bank, where another young life has been taken and sorrow deepens. In Burqa and across the region, let Your comfort settle upon grieving families who now walk the valley of shadows, and uphold those wounded in both body and spirit. Turn hearts that harbor bitterness toward peace, restrain the cycle of violence that claims the innocent, and plant seeds of reconciliation in places long torn by strife. Reveal Jesus as the Light shining in the darkness to soldiers, settlers, and all communities watching. Establish Your kingdom of peace in this land that knows such unrest. We ask this in the hope given through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.