If you have an Advent Wreath at home, pray for peace this week as you light the first candle each day. If you don't have an Advent Wreath - light any candle and pray for peace. If you have no candle, simply stay right here with candle above and pray for peace... And yes, you may pray this same litany on each night of the first week of Advent...
Let us pray for an end to war
and to its violence and bloodshed...
Let us pray for the safe return of those
who are in harm's way,
who are far away from home and family and friends...
Let us pray for those who have died in war
and for their loved ones who grieve their loss...
Let us pray for the poor
who suffer war's added burdens and hardships...
Let us pray for the peace
the world cannot give or make for itself...
Let us pray for our enemies...
Let us pray for peace
we cannot make or give ourselves...
Let us pray for an end to the little and larger wars
waged in our families, our neighborhoods,
at work, in our parish and in the Church...
Let us pray for those we make our personal enemies
and for those who make personal enemies of us...
Let us pray for those we have wounded with our words
and for those who have wounded us with theirs...
Let us pray for an end to the wars we fight within ourselves...
Let us pray for peace of mind and heart...
Let us pray to be at peace with God...
Let us pray for peace
we cannot make or give ourselves...
Having lit the candle and prayed for peace, choose one of the songs on the widget on the sidebar to conclude your prayer...
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