Offered in case it is helpful in your context in this week or another. Feel free to adapt as needed.

Gracious God, king of peace, who brought again from the dead our Saviour Jesus Christ after we had crucified him the name of empire, in the name of criminal justice [emphasis on the criminal], in the name of crowd control: We pray today for those who have been killed in our name: by the police, in the death chamber, in the driveways of lost citizens. We pray for the innocent, we pray for the guilty, for those caught in between. We pray for those whose motives, whose souls, whose minds are known to you alone, as well as for those who have made their intentions all too clear.

Gracious God, king of peace, who brought again from the dead the Christ whom our humanity had killed: We pray that you will disarm our hearts, our hands, our desires, and those delegated to wield weapons in our name, and especially those who wield harm in your name. We pray your protection on those who protest death. We pray for those who respond to the dying and to danger. We pray your consolation for the bereaved. We pray your mercy for the fallen. We pray for healing for the traumatized in body and in spirit. We pray for your justice, and for peace beyond our understanding.

We pray especially here and today for _______________.

In the name of Christ.

Amen