Social Justice Committee:
Happy Easter!!! Our hope is in the resurrection! We are an Easter people.
Tomorrow Pope Leo is inviting the world to pray for peace.
The Prayer Vigil for Peace will be held at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, Aprill 11th at 6pm Rome time which for us is 9am here in California. (Italy is 9 hours ahead).
You can tune in live on the Vaticannews.va website.
We are called to pray for world peace, an end to conflicts, and true disarmament, focusing on divine love as the remedy for violence.
Prayer for peace a Novena:
Lord God,
You are the source of peace and the creator of every human heart.
In a world wounded by division and violence,
We turn to you with trust and hope.
Send your Holy Spirit upon our world.
Heal what is broken, reconcile what is divided,
And guide the hearts of all people in the ways of justice and peace.
Make us instruments of your peace
So that your kingdom of justice, love and harmony
May grow among all nations.
Pray this prayer each day with Our Father, Hail Mary x3 and Glory Be
Day 1: Pray for Peace in our Hearts
Day 2: Pray for Peacemakers
Day 3: Pray for Leaders of nations.
Day 4: Pray for Victims of War and Violence
Day 5: Pray for Reconciliation between Peoples
Day 6: Pray for the Church as an Instrument of Peace
Day 7: Pray for Justice as the foundation of peace
Day 8: Pray for conversion from violence
Day 9: Pray for peace for the whole world
Concluding prayer: Almighty and merciful God, you are the refuge of the poor and the helper of the oppressed. Hear our prayers for peace in our hearts, homes, communities, nation and the world. Comfort those afflicted by war, racism, violence against women, and crimes against children. Convert hearts of violence, strengthen the hands of whose who serve the vulnerable, and bring justice tempered with mercy. May your peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard our lives in Christ Jesus. Amen.