Father Almighty, we pray for your peace on earth.

    For peace that is life-giving;

    for peace that is love-bearing;

    for peace that is true freedom;

    for peace that is purposeful;

    for peace that is prevailing.

Father, we pray for children in time of war;

    they are so defenseless.

We pray for the old;

  they are unable to escape danger quickly.

We pray for those with physical disabilities;

    they are at the mercy of others.

We pray for women;

    they are so vulnerable to abuse.

We pray for the innocent;

    they suffer for the unjust desires of others.

We pray for those whose lives will be changed by war:

    those who are blinded;

    those who are burned;

    those who lose limbs;

    those who lose reason;

    those who lose their peace of mind;

    those who lose their health and strength for ever,

Father, above all we pray for those in anguish;

    those whose lives will never be the same again;

    those who have lost their loved ones;

    those who have lost their lives.

Father, deepen our desire for peace;

    restore our resolve for peace;

    increase our intent to work for peace.

Will for us your peace, perfect and prevailing,

    for your Son, our Savior Christ’s sake.

 

Pamela Wilding, English missionary to Kenya from 1967 to 2003 

 

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He shall judge between the nations,
    and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
    and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
    neither shall they learn war anymore.