Global Prayer Calling for Nuclear Abolition on August 6

Join us on August 6th, 2016 as we recite The Nuclear Prayer to commemorate the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki and call for the abolition of all nuclear weapons on Earth. Join influencers such as Sec. George Schultz, Sec. William Perry, and Dr. Sidney Drell at noon, wherever you are in the world, to pray that the world will never see the death and destruction that struck Hiroshima and Nagasaki on those fateful mornings. It is our moral duty to eliminate all nuclear weapons before more life is lost.

Here is the prayer that we will recite:

View video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzoPw4pZFOk

The Beginning and the End are in your hands, O Creator of the Universe. And in our hands you have placed the fate of this planet. We, who are tested by having both creative and destructive power in our free will, turn to you in sober fear and in intoxicating hope. We ask for your guidance and to share in your imagination in our deliberations about the use of nuclear force. Help us to lift the fog of atomic darkness that hovers so pervasively over our Earth, Your Earth, so that soon all eyes may see life magnified by your pure light.

Bless all of us who wait today for your Presence and who dedicate ourselves to achieve your intended peace and rightful equilibrium on Earth. In the Name of all that is holy and all that is hoped. Amen. 

Download a .PDF of the prayer here.

The prominent figures featured in the video are:

• The Honorable William J. Perry, former Secretary of Defense under President Clinton
• The Honorable George P. Shultz, former Secretary of State under President Reagan
• Dr. Sidney Drell, Professor Emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator
• Ambassador James E. Goodby, former Strategic Nuclear Arms Negotiator with the U.S.S.R.
• Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., former Senior U.S. Diplomat
• Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute
• Monica Willard, United Religions Initiative Representative to the United Nations
• The Right Rev. William E. Swing, former Episcopal Bishop of California, and President and Founder of the United Religions Initiative

View the whole video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=XTYkQzZRZkw 

Starting July 29th, take a photo or video of yourself, friends, congregation, etc. reciting the prayer and email it to  voices@uri.org  or post it on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #TheNuclearPrayer.

The louder our voices ring, the sooner we can see change.

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 Download a .PDF of the Resource and Action Packet to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons here.