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
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
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 the 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.
Buddhist
Prayer for Peace
May
all beings everywhere plagued
with sufferings of body and mind
quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid,
and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power,
and may people think of befriending one another.
May those who find themselves in trackless,
fearful wilderness---
the children, the age, the unprotected--
be guarded by beneficial celestials, and may they swiftly
attain Buddhahood
Hindu
Prayer for Peace
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 bring
peace to all. May all beneficent beings bring peace
to us.
May thy Vedic Law propagate peace all through 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.
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 is 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,
can make Peace.
Zoroastrian
Prayer for Peace
We
pray to God to eradicate 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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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, for the Lord is the one that
heareth and knoweth all things.
And the servants of God,
Most gracious are those who walk on
the Earth in humility, and when we
address them, we say "PEACE."
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.
You are the one who does
not hesitate to respond to our call.
You are the cornerstone of peace.
Shinto
Prayer for Peace
Although
the people living
across the ocean
surrounding us, I believe
are all our brothers and sisters,
why are there constant troubles in
this world?
Why do winds and waves rise in the
oceans surrounding us?
I only earnestly wish that the wind will
soon puff away all the clouds which are
hanging over the tops of mountains.
Sikh
Prayer for Peace
God
adjudges us according
to our deeds,
not the coat that we wear:
that Truth is above everything,
but higher still is truthful living.
Know that we attaineth God when we loveth,
and only victory
endures in consequences of which no one is defeated.
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.
Jewish
Prayer of Peace
Lord
of the World, I stand before you and before my neighbors?
Pardoning, forgiving, struggling
To be open to all those who have hurt and angered me.
Be this hurt of body or soul, of honor or property,
Whether they were forced to hurt me or did so willingly,
Whether by accident or intent,
Whether by work or deed?
I forgive them because we are human?
I am ready to take upon myself the commandment, Love
your neighbor as yourself.
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