Peace Prayers One Spirit Ministries stands for peace in the presence of conflict; for love in the presence of hatred; for forgiveness in the presence of injury. We honors the many names for God, the many paths to God, the many ways to worship God; for there is only one power and presence of God and that God loves each one of us equally. All paths that lead to God are good. Whether as an individual or group, join us in praying for world peace. Try to say one of these prayers, as appropriate to you, at least once a day, three times a week:
Prayers for Peace
from Major World ReligionsPrayer of St. FrancisLord, 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;
and It is in dying . . .that
we are born to eternal
life. Baha'i Prayer for PeaceBe generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
Be fair in
judgement, 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 PeaceMay 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
aged, the unprotected -
be guarded by beneficial celestials, and may they
swiftly attain
Buddhahood. Jewish Prayer for PeaceCome, 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 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. Hindu Prayer for PeaceOh 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 propogate 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 PeacePeace 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, perrinial, 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. Muslim Prayer for PeaceIn 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 African Prayer for PeaceAlmighty God, the Great Thumb we cannot evade to tie
any knot;
the Roaring
Thunder that splits mighty 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. Native American Prayer for PeaceOh 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. Shinto Prayer for PeaceAlthough the people living across the ocean surrounding us are all our
brother and sister, 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 PeaceWe 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. Sikh Prayer for PeaceGod adjudges us according to our deeds, not by the
coat that we wear.
Know
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 PeaceBlessed 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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