Prayer composed by Thomas Cranmer when England and Scotland were at war in 1548:
"Most merciful God, the Granter of all peace and quietness, the Giver of all good gifts, the Defender of all nations, who has willed all men to be accounted as our neighbours, and commanded us to love them as ourself, and not to hate our enemies, but rather to wish them, yea and also to do them good if we can: . . . Give to all us desire of peace, unity, and quietness, and a speedy wearisomeness of all war, hostility, and enmity to all them that be our enemies; that we and they may, in one heart and charitable agreement, praise thy most holy name, and reform our lives to thy godly commandments." HT: Alan Jacobs, The Year of Our Lord 1943, p. 11)
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