Peace Prayers

Love Light Prayer for Peace

God Goddess
Love Light
Peace
May We
Have no self interest
Be Doubly Generous
And Good to All
May We
Love All Creation
And be in the Light
May We
Live Good
Create Good
Do as We Should
Make Heaven
And Have Peace
Amen Awoman

UNITY PEACE PRAYER

Spirit of God,
We long to mend the broken circle
To heal the fractures in the world around us
And within our own souls
To learn from one another
The ways of being fully alive
Spirit of God
We long to see as reality
A world pulsing with justice and truth;
A society where everyone sits down
At the great Banquet Table and eats until filled.
Spirit of God
We recommit ourselves
To building the Beloved Community
As brothers and sisters working together
　
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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 good,
Do not ask for them again.
And as you wish that others would do to you,
Do so to them.
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POPOL VUH
(Guatemalan Peace Prayer)
Que todos se levanten,
Que ni otro se quede
Astras de lost demas.
Let them all rise together,
Let no one be left behind.
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JEWISH PRAYER FOR PEACE
Come, let us go up to the
Mountain of the Lord
That we may walk the paths
Of the Most High
And we shall beat our swords into ploughshares,
And our spears into pruning hooks.
Nation shall they learn sword against nation
Neither shall they learn war any more.
And none shall be afraid,
For the mouth of the
Lord of Hosts has spoken.
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MUSLIM PRAYER FOR PEACE
In the name of Allah,
The beneficent, the merciful
Praise be to the Lord of the Universe
Who has created us and
Made us into tribes and nations.
That we may know each other,
Not that we may despise each other.
If the enemy incline towards peace,
Do thou also incline towards peace,
And trust God,
Most gracious are those
Who walk on the Earth in humility
And when we address them, we say "PEACE."
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NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER FOR PEACE
Oh, Great Spirit of our Ancestors,
I raise my pipe to you.
To your messengers the four winds,
And to Mother Earth
Who provides for your children.
Give us the wisdom to teach our children
To love, to respect, and to be kind
To each other so that they may grow
With peace of mind.
Let us learn to share all good things
That You provide for us on this Earth.
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PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Lord make us Instruments of your peace
Where there is hatred let us 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 Spirit,
Grant that we 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 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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A SHINTO PRAYER FOR PEACE
Although I believe the people living across the ocean
Are all our brothers and sisters,
Why are there constant troubles in this world?
Why do the winds and waves rise in the oceans surrounding us?
I earnestly wish that the wind will soon puff away
All the clouds which are hanging over the tops of the mountains.
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SIKH PRAYER FOR PEACE
God judges us according to our deeds,
Not the coat that we wear;
Truth is above everything
But higher still is truthful living
Know that we attain God
When we love, and only
Victory endures in consequences
Where no one is defeated.
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YOUTH’S PRAYER FOR PEACE
Jesus, help us see that you have called us to be like you.
Instruments of forgiving love
You do not take us out of the world,
But, you give us courage to live in the world.
Melt us, mold us, fill us,
Use us to make peace!
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CHILD’S PEACE PRAYER
God, Creator of the world,
Please help us to love one another.
Make nations friendly with other nations.
Make all of us love one another
Like brothers.
Help us to do our part
To bring peace in the world
And happiness to all people.
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BAHA’I PRAYER FOR PEACE
Be generous in prosperity
And thankful in adversity
Be fair in judgment,
And guarded in thy speech
Be a lamp unto those
Who walk in darkness
And a home to a stranger.
Be eyes to the blind
And a guiding light
Unto the feet of the erring.
Be a breath of life
To the body of humankind
A dew to the soil
Of the human heart
And a fruit upon the tree of humility
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ARCH BISHOP DESMOND TUTU’S PRAYER FOR PEACE
Oh God, All holy one,
You are our Mother and our Father
And we are your children.
Open our eyes and our hearts
So that we may be able to discern Your work
In the universe,
And be able to see your features in every one of Your children.
May we learn that there are many paths,
But all lead to You.
Help us to know that You have created us
Members of the same family
Your family, the human family.
Help us to beat our swords into plowshares
And our spears into pruning hooks
So that we may live in peace and harmony,
Wiping away the tears from the eyes of those
Who are less fortunate than ourselves.
And may we know war no more,
As we strive to be what You want us to be:
Your children.
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GAELIC PRAYER OF PEACE
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the watching shepherds to you
Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you
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A FATHER’S PRAYER FOR PEACE
If there’s peace in ;your heart
There’ll be peace in your world
There’ll be no fear
Only love will endure
If you love just one
You can love every child
There’ll be peace in your heart
And peace in your world.
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HINDU PRAYER FOR PEACE
(The Peace Seeds)
Oh God, lead us from the unreal to the real.
Oh God, lead us from darkness to light.
Oh God, lead us from death to immortality.
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all.
Oh Lord God Almighty, may there be peace
In celestial regions.
May there be peace on Earth.
May the waters be appeasing.
May herbs be wholesome
And may trees and plants being peace to all.
May all beneficent beings bring peace to us.
May they Vedic Law propagate peace
All throught the world.
May all things be a source of peace to us.
And may thy peace itself, bestow peace on all
And may that peace come to me also.
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JAINIST PRAYER FOR PEACE
Peace and Universal Love is the essence
Of the Gospel preached by all Enlightened Ones
The Lord has preached that equanimity
Is the Dharma
Forgive do I creatures all,
And let all creatures forgive me.
Unto all have I amity, and unto none enmity.
Know that violence is the root cause of all miseries in the world.
Violence, in fact, is the knot of bondage.
"Do not injure any living being."
This the eternal, perennial, and unalterable
Way of spiritual life.
A weapon howsoever powerful it may be,
Can always be superseded by a superior one;
But no weapon can, however,
Be superior to non-violence and love.
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NATIVE AFRICAN PRAYER FOR PEACE
Almighty God, the Great Thumb
We cannot evade to tie any know;
The Roaring Thunder that splits might trees;
The all-seeing Lord up on high who sees
Even the footprints of an antelope
On a rock mass here on Earth.
You are the one who does
Not hesitate to respond to our call.
You are the cornerstone of peace.
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ZOROASTRIAN PRAYER FOR PEACE
We pray to God to eradiate all the
Misery in the world;
That understanding triumph over ignorance,
That generosity triumph over indifference
That trust triumph over contempt
And that truth triumph over falsehood
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FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION PEACE PRAYER
Spirit of God, we long to mend the broken circle,
to heal the fractures in the world around us
and within our own souls.
We long to see as reality, a world pulsing with
justice and truth; A society where everyone sits
down at the Great Banquet and eats until filled.
Spirit of God, we recommit ourselves
to building the Beloved Community as
brothers and sisters working together.
AMEN
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Benedictine Peace Prayer (in part)
God help us to be peacemakers.
Aid us to work for peace,
To take the first step In ending bitterness,
To be the first to hold our hands in friendship
and forgiveness
Beg, God, let peace permeate our lives
So that they may be lived in Your grace and love.
AMEN
　
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Excerpts from "Birth Project" by Judy Chicago
　
And then all that has divided us will merge.
Compassion will be wedded to power.
Softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind.
Both men and women will be strong
And no person will be subject to another's will.
And then all will live in harmony with each other and the earth
And everywhere will be Eden once again.
　
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EARTH PEACE PRAYER
　
Creator God, we are women and men of the millennium
A voice for Gaia's unfolding energy.
We are change.
We are a community willing to grow
In peace, power and love.
Teach us that giving is the act of receiving,
That healing ourselves...heals our world.
That we are interconnected;
Part of ancestors and children to come,
Part of the soil, earth and stars.
Let us live in peace!
AMEN
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Peace Prayer Adapted from the Upanishads
　
Lead me from death to life
From falsehood to truth

Lead me from despair to hope
From fear to trust

Lead me from hate to love
From war to peace

Let peace fill our hearts, our world
Our universe
　
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PRAYER FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING

(Adapted from Prayer for Jewish Worship)

God of Peace, be with those
Who guide the destinies of the world,
so that an end may come
To boasting and arrogance.
Give them the courage to speak the truth
And the humility to listen.
Help us to put the good of others
Above our own ambition
So that we may be freed from
The burden of fear,
The weight of suspicion,
And may come to trust each other
and live in peace.
AMEN
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Sikh Prayer for Peace
God judges us according to our deeds,
not the coat that we wear;
Truth is above everything
but higher still is truthful living
Know that we attain God when we love,
and only victory endures in consequences
where no one is defeated
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Thoughts of Peace
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
Like the ever-flowing waters of the river,
Life has its moments of drought
And its moments of flood.
But, if we hold on
We will discover that God walks with us,
And that God is able to lift us
From the fatigue of despair
To the buoyancy of hope
And transform dark and desolate valleys
Into sunlit paths of inner peace.
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Peace Prayer adapted from the Upanishads
(oo-pahn’-ee-shads)
Lead me from death to life
From falsehood to truth
Lead me from despair to hope
From fear to trust
Lead me from hate to love
From war to peace
Let peace fill our hearts, our world
Our universe
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Peace Prayer from El Via Crucis Economico
O God, we ask forgiveness for our failure
to raise our voices as we should.
Holy spirit, anoint us as faithful advocates.
We pray for governments
to represent the demands of ordinary people,
especially those who are silenced
because of poverty or gender.
We pray that the cries of the voiceless may be heard
and that all people will declare that the word of God—
not the "laws" of economics—shall govern humanity.
We pray for the restoration of our broken relationships.
Amen
　
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Peace Prayer of the Fellowship of Reconciliation
Spirit of God, we long to mend the broken circle,
to heal the fractures in the world around us
and within our own souls.
We long to see as reality
a world pulsing with justice and truth.
A society where everyone sits down at the great banquet
and eats until filled.
Spirit of God, we recommit ourselves
to building the Beloved Community,
as brothers and sisters working together.
　
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Jewish Prayer for Peace
Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
that we may walk the paths of the Most High.
And we shall beat our swords into ploughshares,
and our spears into pruning hooks.
Nations shall not lift up sword against nation-
neither shall they learn war any more.
And none shall be afraid, for the mouth of the
Lord of Hosts has spoken.
　
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Philippine Peace Prayer
May God,
continue to create a world of equality and just living
where the whole of creation enjoys life at its fullest;
where there is neither the ruler and the ruled;
nor the powerful and powerless
nor the dominant and dominated
but where all experience grace and live happily,
knowing that it is God, the Giver of life, who cares for all of us.
Amen
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A Mother’s Prayer for Peace
Oh God, creator, mother and sanctifier of all that is,
Our humble prayer is for your spirit to inspire our lives,
for your love to fill our hearts,
for your grace to overflow
So that all who see us will say,
"Here is Peace"
"Here is Peace"
May we be this peace in our families and in our world.
Amen
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6th Century Chinese Prayer for Peace
If there is to be peace in the word,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
Let us be bearers of peace!
Amen.