Prayers for peace from all religions

 

Prayer of St. Francis

 

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. 

Where there is hatred . . . let me sow love; 

Where there is injury . . . pardon;

Where there is doubt . . . faith;

Where there is despair . . . hope; 

Where there is darkness . . . light; 

Where there is sadness . . . joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled . . .as to console; 

to be understood . . .as to understand; 

to be loved . . . as to love. 

For it is in giving . . .that we receive; 

It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned; 

and It is in dying . . .that we are born to eternal life. 

 

 

Baha’i Prayer for Peace

 

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.

Be fair in judgement, and guarded in thy speech. 

Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger. 

Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. 

Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, 

a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility.

 

 

Buddhist Prayer for Peace

 

May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly 

be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and 

may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think 

of befriending one another. May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful 

wilderness - the children, the aged, the unprotected - be guarded by beneficial 

celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood. 

 

 

Jewish Prayer for Peace

 

Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, that we may walk the paths of the 

Most High. And we shall beat our swords into ploughshares, and our spears into 

pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation - neither shall they 

learn war any more. And none shall be afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts 

has spoken. 

 

 

Hindu Prayer for Peace

 

Oh God, lead us from the unreal to the Real. 

Oh God, lead us from darkness to light. 

Oh God, lead us from death to immortality. 

Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all.

Oh Lord God almighty, may there be peace in celestial regions. 

May there be peace on Earth. 

May the waters be appeasing. 

May herbs be wholesome, and may trees and plants bring peace to all. 

May all beneficent beings bring peace to us. 

May thy Vedic Law propogate peace all through the world. 

May all things be a source of peace to us. 

And may thy peace itself, bestow peace on all and may that peace come to me also. 

 

 

Jainist Prayer for Peace

 

Peace and Universal Love is the essence of the Gospel preached by all Enlightened 

Ones. The Lord has preached that equanimity is the Dharma Forgive do I creatures 

all, and let all creatures forgive me. Unto all have I amity, and unto none enmity. 

Know that violence is the root cause of all miseries in the world. Violence, in fact,

is the knot of bondage. “Do not injure any living being.” This is the eternal, perennial, 

and unalterable way of spiritual life. A weapon, howsoever powerful it may be, can 

always be superseded by a superior one; but no weapon can, however, be superior to 

non-violence and love. 

 

 

Muslim Prayer for Peace

 

In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. Praise be to the Lord of the 

Universe who has created us and made us into tribes and nations that we may know 

each other, not that we may despise each other. If the enemy incline towards peace, 

do thou also incline towards peace, and trust God; for the Lord is the one that 

heareth and knoweth all things. And the servants of God, most gracious are those 

who walk on the Earth in humility, and when we address them, we say 

“PEACE”. 

 

 

Native African Prayer for Peace

 

Almighty God, the Great Thumb we cannot evade to tie any knot; 

the Roaring Thunder that splits mighty trees; 

the All-seeing Lord up on high who sees even the footprints of an antelope on a 

rock mass here on Earth… You are the one who does not hesitate to respond to 

our call. You are the cornerstone of peace. 

 

Native American Prayer for Peace

Oh Great Spirit of our Ancestors, I raise my pipe to you. 

To your messengers the four winds, and to Mother Earth who provides for your 

children: Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect, and 

to be kind to each other so that they may grow with peace of mind. Let us 

learn to share all good things that you provide for us on this Earth. 

 

 

Shinto Prayer for Peace

 

Although the people living across the ocean surrounding us are all our brother and 

sister, why are there constant troubles in this world? Why do winds and waves rise in 

the oceans surrounding us? I only earnestly wish that the wind will soon puff away all 

the clouds which are hanging over the tops of mountains. 

 

 

Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace

 

We pray to God to eradicate all the misery in the world: 

that understanding triumph over ignorance, 

that generosity triumph over indifference, 

that trust triumph over contempt, 

and that truth triumph over falsehood. 

 

 

Sikh Prayer for Peace

 

God adjudges us according to our deeds, not by the coat that we wear.

Know that Truth is above everything, but higher still is truthful living.

Know that we attaineth God when we loveth, and only victory endures in consequences 

of which no one is defeated. 

 

 

Christian Prayer for Peace

 

Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS, 

for they shall be known as the Children of God. 

But I say to you that hear, love your enemies,

do good to those who hate you, 

bless those who curse you, 

pray for those who abuse you.

To those that strike you on the cheek, 

offer the other one also; 

and from those who take away your cloak, 

do not withhold your coat as well.

 

Give to everyone who begs from you; 

and of those who take away your goods, 

do not ask for them again. 

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.