Whatever your faith, let us pray for peace in the world and enlightenment
for those who are hungry for war.

Twelve Peace Prayers ( from e-mail )

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
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 aged, 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, make Peace.

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."

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 that victory endures
in consequences of which
no one is defeated.

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 are 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.

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.

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.