With the Olympic Games set to begin in Tokyo on July 23rd, we celebrate one of the few venues that brings the nations of the world together peacefully. While we cheer for the athletes from our own country, we also share in the triumphs of all the competitors. As the Olympic creed expresses, “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”
Eternal God, Giver of joy and source of all strength, we pray for those who prepare for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. For the competitors training for the Games and their loved ones, For the many …
read moreWe affirm our common humanity with all human beings and our commitment to truly value each person regardless of how different they are from us. All: We celebrate our unity in our diversity We acknowledge that …
read moreLift high the banner of these games, in this Olympic year, that as we forge relationships, respect might cast out fear.
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