Christian Prayer for
Peace
Blessed are the
Peacemakers,
for they shall be known as the Children of
God.
But I say to you that hear, love your enemies,
do
good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse
you,
pray for those who abuse you.
To those who strike
you on the cheek, offer the other also,
and from those who
take away your cloak,
do not withhold your coat as
well.
Give to everyone who begs from you,
and of those
who take away your goods, do not ask them again.
And as you
wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
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A Prayer For Peace
O God, you will keep in
perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on you; for in
returning and rest we shall be saved; in quietness and trust
shall be our strength.
--- Isaiah 26:3;
30:15
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The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the
serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage
to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the
difference.
Living one day at a time;
enjoying one
moment at a time;
accepting hardships as the pathway to
peace;
taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is,
not as I would have it;
trusting that He will make all
things right
if I surrender to His Will;
that I may be
reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with
Him
forever in the next.
Amen.
--- Reinhold Niebuhr
(1892-1971)
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An Evening Family
Prayer
Lord, behold our family
here assembled.
We thank you for this place in which we
dwell,
for the love that unites us,
for the peace
accorded to us this day,
for the hope with which we expect
the morrow;
for the health, the work, the food and the
bright skies
that make our lives delightful;
for our
friends in all parts of the earth. Amen.
--- Robert Louis
Stevenson
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The Twenty-Third
Psalm
The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green
pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
he restores
my soul.
He leads me in right paths for his name's
sake.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I
fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your
staff--they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in
the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with
oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in
the house of the Lord
forever.
--- Psalms 23:
1-6
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An Internet Prayer For
Peace
O God, you are the source
of life and peace.
Praised be your name forever.
We know
it is you who turn our minds to thoughts of peace.
Hear our
prayer in this time of crisis.
Your power changes
hearts.
Muslims, Christians and
Jews remember, and profoundly affirm,
that they are
followers of the one God,
Children of Abraham, brothers and
sisters;
enemies begin to speak to one another;
those
who were estranged join hands in friendship;
nations seek
the way of peace together.
Strengthen our resolve to
give witness to these
truths by the way we live.
Give to
us:
Understanding that puts an end to strife;
Mercy that
quenches hatred, and
Forgiveness that overcomes
vengeance.
Empower all people to live in your law of
love
Amen.
--- Source: Pax
Christi
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Grant Us Your
Salvation
Show us your mercy, O
Lord;
And grant us your salvation.
Clothe your ministers
with righteousness;
Let your people sing with joy.
Give
peace, O Lord, in all the world;
For only in you can we
live in safety.
Lord, keep this nation under your
care;
And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
Let
your way be known upon earth;
Your saving health among all
nations.
Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
Nor
the hope of the poor be taken away.
Create in us clean
hearts, O God;
And sustain us by your Holy Spirit.
--- Book of Common Prayer
1979
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Grant Us Your Peace
O Lord, my God,
grant
us your peace; already, indeed, you have made us rich in all
things!
Give us that peace of being at rest,
that
sabbath peace,
the peace which knows no end.
--- St.
Augustine
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Make Me An Instrument of
Your Peace
Lord, make me an
instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow
love,
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is
doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there
is darkness, light,
Where there is sadness, joy.
O
Divine Master, grant that I may not so much
seek to be
consoled as to console,
not so much to be understood as to
understand,
not so much to be loved, as to love;
for it
is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we
are pardoned,
it is in dying that we awake to eternal
life.
--- St. Francis of
Assisi
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Prayer For Peace Among
Nations
O Almighty God,
the
Father of all humanity,
turn, we pray, the hearts of all
peoples and their rulers,
that by the power of your Holy
Spirit
peace may be established among the nations
on the
foundation of justice, righteousness and truth;
through him
who was lifted up on the cross
to draw all people to
himself,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
--- William Temple
(1881-1944)
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