Prayer to Prince of Peace

          Heavenly Father, look upon us, your children, and have mercy on us.  Our hearts are heavy as we pray for the repose of the soul of Cpl. Bill Cooper, the continued recovery of Police Chief Darrell Spells, and especially for Billy Monroe Jones, the shooter.  Your Son, Jesus, taught us to pray not only for our friends, but also for our enemies.  Reach into our hearts and heal the deep wounds of sin, the hurts of our history, and the pains and problems for which we have no one to blame but ourselves.  You see all.  You know all.  And you love all.  As our nation, and now our neighborhood, is touched by violence again, grant us the grace to see, and to know and to love like you.  We ask you this through Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior, he who is the Prince of Peace.  Amen.