As we mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, we pray that the Universal Church may witness to a higher loyalty than any nationalism, building unity and reconciliation among all the peoples of the Earth as the world continues to be be torn and wounded by war and conflict
LORD WE REMEMBER…
[response:] FILL THE WORLD WITH PEACE
That we shall all learn from the inhumanity and carnage of the past 110 years filled with war and conflict: may world’s leaders seek the ways of peace rather than conflict; have the courage to be Peacemakers and Prophets of Justice at the risk of their own lives; that we might all build peace with justice, may freedom and security come to all the peoples of the Middle East, Cameroon, and Yemen; that the horror of terror will give way to peace and that the world’s conflicts will give way to reconciliation
LORD WE REMEMBER…
For the men and women who serve in our military forces and for all United Nations Peace-keepers; for all who serve as chaplains in the Armed Forces: that genuine peace may be safe in their hands and that hatred may find no echo in their hearts
LORD WE REMEMBER…
For the victims of the wars and violence over the past 110 years and everywhere in our world, whether in Syria or Darfur, Afghanistan or Iraq, Palestine or Israel, Rwanda or Congo, East Timor or Latin America; for those permanently scarred by the brutality of war, for those who have lost faith in God and humanity because of the pity of war
LORD WE REMEMBER…
For all who work for a safe world of peace and justice for our children: the United Nations and Pax Christi, the Red Cross/Red Crescent and ‘Medicins Sans Frontier’, the Justice and Peace Commission and the Quakers, for Amnesty International, Aid to the Church in Need and for all who struggle for the Reign of Peace
LORD WE REMEMBER…
For our own parish community as we seek to witness to the peace, mercy and compassion of Christ in the Inner City; for work of Interfaith relationships with the mosques, temples and synagogues of our city … may peace be the mark of our relationships, the manner of our work, and the goal of our mission;
LORD WE REMEMBER…
For those injured in body or mind, or disillusioned in spirit by war in every land; for the sick and hurting especially for
for those who have died recently, especially all victims of terrorism and war including refugees who have perished fleeing to freedom;
for all the faithful departed, and for those whose anniversaries occur at this time and for all who died in the world wars that tore at the youth of the past 110 years and more
LORD WE REMEMBER…
Mary, Mother of all Peoples and Queen of Peace, pray with us for peace and humanity on earth…
HAIL MARY…