Prayers for peace from the major religions of the world
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.
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 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 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 Buddha hood.
Jewish Prayer for Peace
Come, 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 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, be superior to non-violence and love.
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".
Native African Prayer for Peace
Almighty 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 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.
Shinto Prayer for Peace
Although 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 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.
Sikh Prayer for Peace
God 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 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. |
