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Prayers for Veterans: For Veterans Day, the Fallen and Their Families

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Summary

  • Prayers for a Veterans Day service include an opening invocation, a prayer for those who died in service, a prayer for peace and a closing blessing.
  • Prayers for veterans today cover wounds, returning memories, guilt, the move to civilian life, veterans who are struggling and older veterans; others are for military families, families of the fallen and the missing.
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs says Memorial Day honors those who died in service, while Veterans Day thanks all who served, and is “largely intended to thank LIVING veterans.”
  • Veterans Day falls on November 11 because the 1918 armistice took effect at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month; Congress renamed Armistice Day in 1954.
  • The 1928 Book of Common Prayer gives prayers “For the Army” and for “Memorial Days”; the Veterans Crisis Line answers at 988, then 1, or by text at 838255.

“Lord God, we thank you for every man and woman who has served our country in uniform. Heal the wounds we can see and the ones we cannot, comfort the families who waited for them, and give us the peace they served for. Amen.” That prayer can open a Veterans Day service or be said at home. If you are a veteran in crisis, or worried about one, call the Veterans Crisis Line: dial 988 and then press 1, or…

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  • Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Joshua 1:9; 2 Samuel 23:16–17; Psalm 34:18; 91:1; 121:8; Isaiah 2:4; Matthew 8:9–10; Luke 3:14; John 15:13; Acts 10:1–2, 48; 1 John 1:9; Revelation 21:4). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
  • The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Prayers, “For the Army,” p. 41, and “Memorial Days,” p. 42. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. “History of Veterans Day.” https://department.va.gov/veterans-day/history-of-veterans-day/
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. “Veterans Day Facts and Information” (“What is the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day?”). https://department.va.gov/veterans-day/facts-and-information/
  • VA News. “The difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day.” https://news.va.gov/125549/difference-between-veterans-day-memorial-day/
  • Veterans Crisis Line. https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

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