As the new year unfolds, let’s turn our attention and prayer toward a more peaceful and equitable world. Catholic Relief Services sent out this beautiful and thoughtful prayer for peace.
Father of Jesus, You who sent your angels to herald your Son’s coming With cries of peace, Hear our cry now That your peace may touch all corners of our world. Peace to the smallest child, still in the womb. Peace to the most vulnerable of our elderly, who long to see your face. Peace to the migrant fleeing war, persecution, hunger and poverty. Peace to the citizens of those nations to which migrants flee. Peace to those touched by violence and disaster, By storms and quakes and droughts and floods, Who struggle to find safety and mercy in the very world you made for us. You whose Son called all peacemakers blessed, Help us forge peace in your name. Peace among nations. Peace among neighbors. Peace among families. When we look back on this time May we recall it as the time we all heard the angels’ cry And worked together to reveal that peace to all. A peace worthy of God, born into the world. Amen