Prayer
for Peace in the Holy Land at the Vatican
(with Pope Francis, Patriarch Bartolomew, Israel President
Shimon Perez and Palestinuan President Mahmod Abbas)
Jewish
Prayer
(done in Hebrew)
Prayer
of Nahman of Breslav
Lord
of Peace,
Divine
Ruler, to whom peace belongs!
Maker
of Peace,
Creator
of all things!
May
it be Your will to put an end to war
and
bloodshed in the world,
and
to spread a great and wonderful peace over the whole world,
so
that nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither
shall they learn war anymore.
Help
us and save us all,
Let
us merit to cling tightly to the virtue of peace.
Let
there be a truly great peace
between
every person and his fellow,
and
between husband and wife,
and
let there be no division among people not even in the heart.
Let
every person love peace and pursue peace
Always
in truth and integrity
Let
us never cling to division
Not
even when it comes to those who do not agree with us.
Let
us never shame any person on earth,
great
or small
And
may we merit to truly keep the commandment
to
"love your neighbor as yourself,"
with
an entire heart, body, soul and possessions.
And
let what is written be fulfilled in us:
"I
will grant peace in the land,
and
you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid;
I
will remove dangerous animals from the land,
and
no sword shall go through your land."
God
who is peace, bless us with peace!
Prayer
for Peace from the Daily Service
Grant
peace,
goodness,
blessing, grace, lovingkindness, and mercy;
on
us and all your people Israel and on the world.
Bless
us all as one by the light
of
Your countenance our Father.
For
by the light of Your countenance,
You
have given us O Lord our God,
a
Torah of Life, loving kindness,
and
righteousness and blessing
and
mercy and life and peace.
May
it be Your will to bless us all with Your Peace.
Christian
Prayer
Prayer (done in Italian)
A reading
from the prayer of Saint John Paul II
Let
us turn with trust to God our Father,
who
is merciful and compassionate,
slow
to anger, great in love and fidelity,
and
ask him to accept the repentance of his people
who
humbly confess their sins,
and
to grant them mercy.
Let
us pray that contemplating Jesus,
our
Lord and our Peace,
Christians
will be able to repent
of
the words and attitudes
caused
by pride, by hatred,
by
the desire to dominate others,
by
enmity towards members of other religions
and
towards the weakest groups in society,
such
as immigrants and itinerants.
Let
us pray for all those who have suffered offences
against
their human dignity
and
whose rights have been trampled.
Most
merciful Father,
your
Son, Jesus Christ, the judge of the living and the dead,
in
the humility of his first coming
redeemed
humanity from sin
and
in his glorious return he will demand
an
account of every sin.
Grant
that our forebears, our brothers and sisters,
and
we, your servants, who by the grace of the Holy Spirit
turn
back to you in whole-hearted repentance,
may
experience your mercy and receive
the
forgiveness of our sins.
We
ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let
us pray:
Almighty
God and Father,
give
us the grace to come before you in humility
and
beg your forgiveness for our offenses
against
You and our brothers and sisters.
We
have not been custodians of Your creation
and
especially in Your Holy Land we have waged wars,
engaged
in violence,
taught
contempt for our brothers and sisters
and
thus deeply offended You, Father of us all.
Give
us the grace to recommit ourselves to "do justice,
and
to love kindness,
and
to walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8)
through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer (done in Arabic)
A reading
from the prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord,
make me an instrument of Your peace;
Where
there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where
there is injury, pardon;
Where
there is discord, harmony;
Where
there is error, truth;
Where
there is doubt, faith;
Where
there is despair, hope;
Where
there is darkness, light;
And
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.
Let
us pray:
Almighty
God and Father,
gathered
here together we ask You
to
make us instruments of Your peace,
seeking
justice, agents of pardon
and
builders of reconciliation.
Open
our hearts to be filled with Your spirit,
open
our eyes to see Your image in everyone we meet,
open
our hands to join with those of our brother and sisters
to
build together a world in which all can live in peace.
Pour
down your blessing on the Holy Land,
so
that from there this peace
can
spread to the ends of the earth,
in
the name of Christ our Lord. Amen.
Muslim
Prayer
Prayer (done
in Arabic)
Praise
be to God, who created the heavens and the earth, made darkness and light,
brought everything out of nothing, created us as the best part of creation,
formed us in the best of forms, bestowing on us hearing, sight, intelligence,
and heart. Blessed be God, best of creators.
Oh
God, to you all praise, O Lord, to you all praise, O Creator of the heavens and
the earth, O You who know the unknown and the manifest, O Lord of everything
and its sovereign, we testify that there is no god but You alone and You have
no partner, we seek refuge in You from the evil in ourselves and the evil of
Satan, his partners, his godlessness and his whispering, and we seek refuge in
You from godlessness and want, and we seek refuge in You so that we do not
bring evil upon ourselves or bring it upon anyone else.
O
God, to You all praise, much praise, good and blessed, we praise You for all
the grace bestowed upon us, seen and unseen, in religion or in the world, for
Your graces cannot be counted or calculated, and we ask You, our Lord, that
they last forever, be preserved and blessed, and that they might help us to
remember You, thank You and worship You better, until we worship You, remember
You and thank You as You desire, and to You all praise, O Lord, as befits the
splendor of Your face and the greatness of Your power.
O
God, You are all able and we are unable, You possess all and we have nothing,
You know all and we know nothing, You know hidden things, we praise You, we
thank You for all that You have showered upon us and all You have done so well
for us in religion and in this world, to You praise, our Lord, in first things
and in the hereafter, to You praise in good times and bad, to You praise until
You are gratified and to You praise when You are satisfied, to You praise after
satisfaction, there is no power and no strength but in You.
Prayer (in
Arabic)
O
God, our Lord and our God there is no god but You, You created us and we are
Your servants, and we are committed to You as best we can, we take our refuge
in You from the evil we have done, we return to You by the grace You bestow on
us, and we return from our transgressions and our sins, forgive us, for there
is no one who forgives sins except You.
O
God, our Lord, God whose name is sanctified in the heavens, Your command is in
the heavens and on earth, as Your mercy is in the heavens, so let Your mercy be
manifest on earth, forgive us our transgressions and our sins, You are the Lord
of those who are good, pour down upon us Your mercy, Your pardon, Your goodness
and Your healing, Most Merciful of the merciful.
O
God, inspire us to tell the truth, to do good, to instruct in virtue, to put an
end to what is forbidden, seeking Your generous face, O Master of splendor and
honor, so that we do only good for the good of all, all people, removing
injustice from the oppressed, so that we may receive Your mercy which
encompasses all things, and help us, O Lord, to do right with what is right, in
matters of justice and charity, and put an end to indecency, all that is
forbidden, evil, injustice and aggression.
O
God, we seek refuge in You from going astray or being led astray, from slipping
or causing others to slip, from doing wrong or suffering wrong, from committing
aggression or having aggression committed against us, forgive us for whatever
sins we have committed in all of this, O Most Merciful of the merciful, for our
hope is in Your mercy, and we fear Your retribution, do not put us among the
unjust violent ones, O Lord of the worlds, help us to come to the assistance of
the unjustly oppressed, so that we are granted in this Your mercy, Your pardon
and Your satisfaction.
Prayer (in
Arabic)
Praise
to God, merciful, compassionate, king, holy, peace, faith, sovereign, precious,
mighty, proud, creator, maker, former.
O
God, You are peace, and peace is from You, and to You peace returns, You are
blessed and You are glorified, O Master of splendor and honor, inspire us, O
Lord, with peace and reveal to us peace and make us dwellers in the realm of
peace, among those who do not live in fear or sorrow.
O
God, we seek refuge in You from injustice and oppression, from illegitimate
aggression, and we ask You, our Lord, to make us rightly guided, not going
astray nor leading astray, believing in You and trusting in You, guide us, O
Lord, to the most preferred of words, guide us, O Lord, to the most perfect of
acts, guide us, O Lord, to the best of morals, for no one can guide to this
except You, and You are able to do all things.
O
God, make us, O Lord, keys to all that is good, locks to all that is evil, we
ask of You what is good and proper, that You provide us with safety, peace,
security and faith, for us and for our peoples, our families, our fathers and
mothers, our sons and daughters, and for all humanity and all nations, and all
creatures in Your great creation, give us, O Lord, in this world good, and in
the Hereafter good, and protect us from the torment of the fire.
O
God, bring about peace in the land of peace, O Master of splendor and honor,
and remove injustice against the oppressed in this land, feed its people who
hunger, and secure them against fear, and keep them from evil and evil doers,
from unjust aggressors, O Lord of the Worlds.
