Prayers for Peace and Justice
Christian Prayers
Love and fidelity have come together;
Justice and peace join hands
Fidelity springs up from earth
and justice looks down from heaven.
Psalm 85:10-11 (New English Bible)
Holy One, may it yet be that love and fidelity will have their way with us, and in Iraq, and to the ends of the earth. May justice and peace join our hands to others so that your hope can flow beyond what we can see, beyond what we can say.
Pat Conover
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The Song of Zechariah
In the tender compassion of our God,
the dawn from heaven will break upon us,
to shine on those who live in darkness,
under the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
from the Bible, Luke 1:78-79,Song of Zechariah
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The Prayer of St. Francis
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,
To be understood as to understand,
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 are born to eternal life.
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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 that strike you on the cheek,
offer the other one 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 for them again.
And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
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Show us the peace
Show us the peace
Show us, good Lord,
the peace we should seek,
the peace we must give,
the peace we can keep,
the peace we must forgo,
and the peace you have given in Jesus our Lord.
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