Weekly Peace Prayer
for March 25, 2025
prepared by Sister Carmel Little, CSJP
Constitutions: We strive to make peace a reality
by becoming agents of reconciliation.
Among ourselves and with others
we work to heal divisions and hostilities
so that integrity and wholeness
may be more fully realized. #25
A Reading from the Prophet Micah: 7:18-20
Who is a God like you? You take away guilt,
You forgive the sins of the remnant of your people..
You don’t let your anger rage forever,
For you delight in mercy and steadfast love.
In your love take us back!
Tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
You will again have compassion on us;
You will be faithful to Jacob, and show love to Abraham,
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors in days long ago.
Prayer
God of Hope,
Inspire leaders to choose peace over violence and to seek reconciliation with enemies, inspire the Church around the world with compassion for the people, and give us hope for a future of peace built on justice for all.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace and Light of the World. Amen.
Quiet Reflection
Reading: Ezekiel 11: 19-21
I will give them a new heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the stony heart from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh instead so that they will keep my laws and respect my observances and put them into practice.
Litany of Peace and Reconciliation
Together we lift our prayers to you, O God of love and healing.
God the Creator, you breathe life into your whole Creation.
Help us breathe deeply of your peace and presence.
God the Son, you give us yourself to make our joy complete.
Help us give our fear, pain, and grief to you.
God the Holy Spirit, you move through our lives in unexpected ways.
Help us move in concert with your life-giving motion.
Holy Trinity, One God, accept our thanks and praise for all the blessings of this life, especially for those blessings that our present circumstances make difficult to see.
Be always present with us.
Shed the light of your healing love on all who are sick in body, mind, or spirit, that they may find new wholeness illumined by your grace.
O Holy One, hear our prayer.
Knit together in your love all whose relationships have frayed,
that they may find reconciliation and new beginnings.
O Merciful One, hear our prayer.
Bless all who work to improve the health of others, that they may bring hope, care, wisdom, and skill to all they serve.
God of Healing, hear our prayer.
Hold in the palm of your hand all who are near death and all who care for them, that they may know the peace that passes all understanding.
God of Mercy, hear our prayer.
Grant all who turn to you the courage to participate with you in restoring this broken world to wholeness, that everyone and everything may share in the hope of your kingdom.
God of hope, hear our prayer.
For these and for all other petitions that are too deep for words, we pray to you:
O God hear us, hear our prayer.
You are the God whose promises never cease.
You are the God whose presence never fails.
Gracious God, you are close to us no matter how far we feel from you: draw us into the very heart of your grace and help us to live into the truth that nothing in all creation can separate us from your love in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Source unknown
Quiet Reflection
Blessing:
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
