Prayers for peace

    Great God, who has told us "Vengeance is mine," save us from ourselves, save us from the vengeance in our hearts and the acid in our souls.
    Save us from our desire to hurt as we have been hurt, to punish as we have been punished,
to terrorize as we have been terrorized.
    Give us the strength it takes to listen rather than to judge, to trust rather than to fear,
to try again and again to make peace even when peace eludes us.
    We ask, O God, for the grace to be our best selves.
    We ask for the vision to be builders of the human community rather than its destroyers.
    We ask for the humility as a people to understand the fears and hopes of other peoples.
    We ask for the love it takes to bequeath to the children of the world to come more than the failures of our own making.
    We ask for the heart it takes to care for all the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq, of Palestine and Israel as well as for ourselves.
    Give us the depth of soul, O God, to constrain our might, to resist the temptations of power
to refuse to attack the attackable, to understand that vengeance begets violence, and to bring peace — not war — wherever we go.
    For You, O God, have been merciful to us.
    For You, O God, have been patient with us.
    For You, O God, have been gracious to us.
    And so may we be merciful, and patient, and gracious, and trusting with these others whom you also love.
    This we ask through Jesus, the one without vengeance in his heart.
    This we ask forever and ever. Amen
Prayer for world peace — Sister Joan Chittister, Benedictine Sisters of Erie
 
We pray to the great Spiritual Power in which we live and move and have our being.
We pray that we may at all times keep our minds open to new ideas and shun dogma;
that we may grow in our understanding of the nature of all living beings and our connectedness with the natural world; that we may become ever more filled with generosity of spirit and true compassion and love for all life; that we may strive to heal the hurts that we have inflicted on nature and control our greed for material things, knowing that our actions are harming our natural world and the future of our children; that we may value each and every human being
for who he is, for who she is, reaching to the spirit that is within, knowing the power of each individual to change the world.
We pray for social justice, for the alleviation of the crippling poverty that condemns millions of people around the world to lives of misery - hungry, sick, and utterly without hope.
We pray for the children who are starving, who are condemned to homelessness, slave labor, and prostitution, and especially for those forced to fight, to kill and torture even members of their own family.
We pray for the victims of violence and war, for those wounded in body and for those wounded in mind.
We pray for the multitudes of refugees, forced from their homes to alien places through war or through the utter destruction of their environment.
We pray for suffering animals everywhere, for an end to the pain caused by scientific experimentation, intensive farming, fur farming, shooting, trapping, training for entertainment, abusive pet owners, and all other forms of exploitation such as overloading and overworking pack animals, bull fighting, badger baiting, dog and cock fighting and so many more.
We pray for an end to cruelty, whether to humans or other animals, for an end to bullying, and torture in all its forms.
We pray that we may learn the peace that comes with forgiving and the strength we gain in loving; that we may learn to take nothing for granted in this life; that we may learn to see and understand with our hearts; that we may learn to rejoice in our being.
We pray for these things with humility; 
We pray because of the hope that is within us, and because of a faith in the ultimate triumph of the human spirit; 
We pray because of our love for Creation, and because of our trust in God.
We pray, above all, for peace throughout the world.
Prayer for world peace — Dr. Jane Goodall

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:3-10

The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26

Send Thy peace O Lord, which is perfect and everlasting, that our souls may radiate peace.
Send Thy peace O Lord, that we may think, act and speak harmoniously.
Send Thy peace O Lord, that we may be contented and thankful for Thy bountiful gifts.
Send Thy peace O Lord, that amidst our worldly strife, we may enjoy Thy bliss.
Send Thy peace O Lord, that we may endure all, tolerate all, in the thought of Thy grace and mercy.
Send Thy peace O Lord, that our lives may become a Divine vision and in Thy light,all darkness may vanish.
Send Thy peace O Lord, our Father and Mother, that we Thy children on Earth may all
unite in one family. 

Prayer for peace

— Pir-o-murshid Inayat Khan — 1921 ±