European Region
Lord our God,
We long for justice and peace, security and truth. Yet every day we hear news of violence, war and terror, we see images of hardship, destruction and horror.
Lord, our God, protect us from getting used to it and from shutting our eyes and our ears. Protect us from getting used to violence in language, on television, in traffic, in families and communities, at work.
From all the information and news, help us to filter out what is true and genuine and don't let us fall for false advertising and fake news.
Give us insight and creativity to find and take good steps towards non-violence that can be practiced again and again.
Help us to overcome fears and mistrust between peoples, to build trust and good relationships. Let peace grow in the hearts of all.
Don't let us give up when faced with a world in which the contrasts between the powerful and the powerless, between whites and blacks, between the fed and the hungry, between the free and the imprisoned, between the indifferent and the suffering threaten to become ever greater.
Lord, our God, let us never tire in our commitment to a peaceful, just world - a world as you want it to be.
St. Francis Province, North India
Heavenly Father, creator of the universe and giver of peace, we come together to pray for peace.
The flowing river evokes a sense of tranquillity and harmony. It represents an effortless progression of time and events, mirroring the smooth unfolding of peace in our lives.
Flowing water is highly adaptable and changes its course according to the landscape it encounters. Dear Lord, just as it finds its way around obstacles, we pray for the ability to navigate through challenges and conflicts with resilience and understanding.
Water sustains life and its flow is essential for the vitality of ecosystems. Let peace flow from us to all the suffering, abandoned, and disappointed, nurturing and giving life.
Flowing water has a calming effect on the mind and spirit. Grant this grace to all and bring about a sense of calm amidst the storms of life, and a serenity that soothes and uplifts the soul. Thank you for directing our thoughts, intentions, and energy toward the manifestation of peace.
May the vibrations of peace generated through our prayer, transform the world, foster empathy and compassion, and alleviate suffering.
Amen.
Assisi Province, South India
A Prayer for Peace
Lord Jesus Christ,
You are the true King of peace.
In you alone are found freedom.
Please free our world from conflict.
Bring unity to troubled nations.
Let your glorious peace reign in every heart.
Dispel all darkness and evil.
Protect the dignity of every human life.
Replace hatred with your love.
Give wisdom to world leaders.
Free them from selfish ambition.
Eliminate all violence and war.
Glorious Virgin Mary,
Please pray for peace.
Pray for unity amongst nations.
Pray for unity amongst all people.
Pray for the most vulnerable.
Pray for those suffering.
Pray for the fearful.
Pray for those most in need.
Pray for us all.
Jesus, Son of the Living God, have mercy on us.
Jesus, hear our prayers.
Jesus, I trust in you!
Amen.
International Leadership Team
A Prayer for World Peace
We pray for Ukraine, Russia, Israel, and Palestine that violent encounters may be replaced by loving embraces, and peace and justice could be experienced by all. We pray for world leaders seeking to lead their countries in the way of peace.
We pray for the power to be gentle;
the strength to be forgiving;
the patience to be understanding;
and the endurance to accept the consequences
of holding on to what we believe to be right.
May we put our trust in the power of good to overcome evil
and the power of love to overcome hatred.
We pray for the vision to see and the faith to believe
in a world emancipated from violence,
a new world where fear shall no longer lead men or women to commit injustice,
nor selfishness make them bring suffering to others.
Help us to devote our whole life and thought and energy
to the task of making peace,
praying always for the inspiration and the power
to fulfill the destiny for which we and all men and women were created.
- Author Unknown
U.S. Province
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931–2021) envisions God’s dream for the world through this message.
Dear Child of God, before we can become God’s partners, we must know what God wants for us. “I have a dream,” God says. “Please help Me to realize it. It is a dream of a world whose ugliness and squalor and poverty, its war and hostility, its greed and harsh competitiveness, its alienation and disharmony are changed into their glorious counterparts, when there will be more laughter, joy, and peace, where there will be justice and goodness and compassion and love and caring and sharing. I have a dream that swords will be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks, that My children will know that they are members of one family, the human family, God’s family, My family.”
In God’s family, there are no outsiders. All are insiders. Black and white, rich and poor, gay and straight, Jew and Arab, Palestinian and Israeli, Roman Catholic and Protestant, Serb and Albanian, Hutu and Tutsi, Muslim and Christian, Buddhist and Hindu, Pakistani and Indian—all belong.…
ULAF Region
O Lord, you see how everywhere the winds have burst forth,
and the sea is convulsed with the great violence of the rising waves.
Command, we beseech you who alone are able,
both the winds and the sea.
Restore to mankind the true peace of your name,
that peace which the world cannot give,
and the calm of social harmony.
Under your favor and inspiration may men return to due order,
and having overthrown the rule of greed,
bring back again as ought to be,
the love of God, justice,
charity toward neighbor,
temperance in all desires.
May your kingdom come.
May all recognize that they are subject to you,
and must serve you who are truth and salvation,
that without you they labor in vain.
In your law is reason and fatherly kindness.
You are ever at hand with your strength
and your copious power to help man to keep it.
Life upon earth is a warfare,
but you watch the contest and aim man to conquer.
The weak you sustain,
the victor you crown.
Pope Leo XIII