Gracious Creator and Sustainer, Source of our life and our hope, we come to this day of solemn remembering with both joy and sorrow in our hearts. Our joy is in your abiding presence as you help us shape the future of this nation; a future that tells all peoples and nations of the world that we will work and sacrifice for justice for all people, for peace among nations, for integrity in our relationships. Guide us, Lord, toward these important elements, the character of this nation. Our sorrow this day is heavy upon our hearts because we remember the sacrifices made in past years by men and women who stood for those same national and personal characteristics. Our loved ones, family members, neighbors who gave their very lives in service to a country they believed to be a light among nations. We honor them with our prayers and with the efforts we can bring to the establishment of a just peace among all peoples of the earth. God, we pray that they may rest in eternal peace, knowing that their lives were not spent in vain, knowing that we who remain to continue the struggle do so with deep gratitude and a firm commitment to the highest principles of human existence. May our remembering this day produce renewed efforts to live, on behalf of these women and men, lives that are exemplary in every way. This we pray from the depths of our hearts. Amen.
Shining Spirit 
Such a solemn prayer and picture. Your works and life are exemplary. Thank you.