Prayer
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Christian activists pray and fast to protest nuclear dangers in Busan and beyond
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn preparation for the World Council of Churches (WCC) 10th Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea (South Korea), pastors and peace activists in that nation are holding a 40-day “fasting prayer” in front of the Busan City Hall. They are protesting the dangers of ... -
Pope prays for victims of Australia wildfires
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis expressed his concern for the victims of wildfires that are raging throughout the Australian state of New South Wales. In a message addressed to the Bishops’ Conference of Australia, the Vatican’s new Secretary of State, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, said ... -
Pope Francis: Prayer keeps us from losing faith
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIf a Christian “becomes a disciple of the ideology, he has lost the faith.” This was the theme of Pope Francis’ homily during his Thursday morning Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae. During his homily, the Pope warned Christians against behaving as though the... -
The Power of Prayer in History - Peace Meeting Roma 2013
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPrayer captures a major place in religions. A religious person is engaged daily in set prayers and during the day integrates personal prayers at various points of time in order to be saved from dangers, to ask for help or to give thanks for acts of grace. -
International Day of Prayer for Peace (21 September)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMEach year on 21 September the World Council of Churches calls churches and parishes to observe the International Day of Prayer for Peace. 21 September is also the United Nations-sponsored International Day of Peace. -
Pope Francis: Peace is possible
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis tweeted on Monday morning, 9 September, taking up his appeal for the restitution of peace to martyred people of Syria and all the Middle East. -
Peace vigil: Violence and war are never the way to peace!
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAt the vigil of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria , the Middle East and the world , Pope Francis asks all Christians, members of other religions and people of good will to be an instrument of reconciliation and peace. Violence and war speak "the language of death" and bring ... -
Praying for peace on the tomb of Saint Francis
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMReligious communities all over the world have welcomed and engaged in Pope Francis' call to pray and to fast for peace in Syria. Amongst them the Franciscan Friars in Assisi who immediately, following the Pope's call for prayer and fasting on Sunday, have exceptionally opened the ... -
Pope Francis: Angelus appeal for peace
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis has called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, in the entire Mideast region, and throughout the whole world to be held this coming Saturday, September 7th, 2013. The Pope made the announcement during the course of... -
Week of Prayer for Peace in Syria
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA week of prayer for peace in Syria begins on August 30th, and will last until September 6 in the 17 countries where the work of pontifical right "Aid to the Church in Need" is present. As explained in a note sent to Fides by the French office of ACS ... -
Prayer for the World
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLet the rain come and wash away the ancient grudges, the bitter hatreds held and nurtured over generations. Let the rain wash away the memory of the hurt,... -
Song: To Believe
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMTo believe in a day When hunger and war will pass away, To have the hope amidst despair... -
Prayer Cycle (11-17 August, 2013): Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMDear God, there are times when I hear your voice most clearly in greenness: in the singing of sap, the conversation of the leaves, the whisperings of shoot and stem, root, sap and cell, ... -
Official Prayer of World Youth Day
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMFather, You sent Your Eternal Son to save the world, and You chose men and women, so that through Him, with Him and in Him, they might proclaim the Good News of the Gospel to all nations. Grant us the necessary graces, so that, by the power ... -
Prayer Cycle: (21-27 July 2013): Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMSpirit of Unity, gather in this humble prayer, the prayers from all your people in the world, that your peace, your justice and your mercy enfold us and enable us to live as one, the new humanity of peace. -
Pope Francis prays for victims, families of Canada train derailment
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAuthorities in the severely damaged Quebec town of Lac-Megantic said some residents could start returning home on Tuesday (July 9, 2013), after a runaway train derailed and exploded early Saturday, killing up to 50 people. Dozens are still unaccounted for. In a ... -
Prayer cycle (30 June - 6 July 2013) : Bolivia, Chile, Peru
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMOur Father in heaven, holy is your name. We thank you for the gift of life, which is renewed every moment with your beauty. Your mercy, God, confirms your love. In your hands are our destiny and our life. All-powerful and merciful God, we pray for the future of ... -
Where is God?
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMWhere is God? People say, "show me God." But if God is invisible, how can he show himself? -
Prayer Cycle (13-22 June) We pray for church leaders throughout the world
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMOur Lord and Father,Teach us your will, show us your way.Help us to find peace and quiet in our busy day to listen to your word.Let us walk in your light, let us walk in faith -
Prayer cycle (9-13 June 2013): Angola, Mozambique
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPray for: Rebuilding these countries devastated by civil war. Those who have been left homeless or who have fled as refugees. The tens of thousands of people who have lost limbs to landmines, and for all people who must deal with them for years to come... -
Prayer cycle (2-8 June 2013): Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMGive thanks for: Those around the world who worked for an end to apartheid and who continue to strive against racism in all its forms. Nelson Mandela, a beacon of hope, a leader who brought his people to freedom, and then gave up power as a model of ... -
Prayer cycle (26 May - 01 June 2013): Botswana, Zimbabwe
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMGive thanks for: Health care workers who provide medical aid and education to those infected with the HIV virus. The Christian Council of Botswana and the Zimbabwe Council of Churches. Marimbas, drums, mbiras (instruments made with ... -
Pope Francis: Call to prayer for the Church in China
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM“I urge all Catholics around the world to join in prayer with our brothers and sisters who are in China, to implore from God the grace to proclaim with humility and joy Christ, who died and rose again; to be faithful to His Church and the Successor of Peter and to live everyday... -
Prayer cycle (19-25 May 2013): Malawi, Zambia
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMGod of love, God of compassion, in the midst of death and evil, you mercifully look after us: protecting, providing and smiling, constantly reassuring us of your care. Grant to us the joy of this occasion, ... -
Prayer cycle (12-18 May 2013): Kenya, Tanzania
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMGod of Hope, whose Spirit gives light and power to your people, empower us to witness to your name in all nations, to struggle for your own justice against all principalities and powers ... -
The love of Mary in popular piety
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Holy Father spoke about the “spiritual presence of the Virgin Mary, alive in our midst.” On a day dedicated to Confraternities and Popular Piety, he noted that love for Mary is one of the characteristics of popular piety that “must be strengthened and ... -
May: Prayers of the Rosary
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Rosary is prayed on a set of beads consisting of a crucifix, two large beads and three small beads in the single length and four large with ten small between each on the circle. Praying the complete set of beads incorporates the opening prayers on the straight stretch and then one Our Father... -
Prayer for Reconciliation
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMMake us ambassadors of reconciliation. Open our ears that we may listen with respect and understanding. Touch our lips that we may speak your words of peace and forgiveness. -
Prayer cycle (28 April - 4 May 2013): Eritrea, Ethiopia
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMO God Eternal, good beyond all that is good, fair beyond all that is fair, in whom is calmness and peace: reconcile the differences which divide us from one another and bring us back into the unity of love which may bear some likeness to your divine nature. Grant that we ... -
Prayer to implore favor through the intercession of Blessed John Paul II
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMO Blessed Trinity, we thank You for having graced the Church with Blessed John Paul II, and for allowing the tenderness of Your Fatherly care, the glory of the Cross of Christ, ...