Remembrance Sunday 2018

This year Remembrance Sunday is also the centenary of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, which marked the end of "The Great War".

On this day are remembered all those who gave their lives for their country, all who suffered and died through acts of war, and those who were left behind to grieve and mourn.

We pray for all those who have died through war or acts of violence in defence of our country; may we never forget their sacrifice.

We pray for peace and reconciliation between nations,
that enemies may put aside all differences.

We pray for those who continue to die in wars today, and pledge ourselves to work for peace and reconciliation.

O God, merciful and strong,
who crushes wars and casts down the proud,
be pleased to banish violence swiftly from our midst
and to wipe away all tears,
so that we may all truly deserve
to be called your children.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
[Roman Missal]

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Prayer for Peace

Our hearts go out to the victims of last night's terrorist attack in London; may the deceased rest in peace. We commit ourselves anew to praying for peace and to building bridges of understanding in our society.

A prayer for peace by Pope St John Paul II:

Hear my voice, for it is the voice of the victims of all wars and violence among individuals and nations.

Hear my voice, for it is the voice of all children who suffer and will suffer when people put their faith in weapons and war.

Hear my voice when I beg You to install into the hearts of all human beings the wisdom of peace, the strength of justice, and the joy of fellowship.

Hear my voice, for I speak for the multitudes in every country and in every period of history who do not want war and are ready to walk the road of peace.

Hear my voice and grant insight and strength so that we may always respond to hatred with love, to injustice with total dedication to justice, to need with the sharing of self, to war with peace.

O God, hear my voice and grant unto the world Your everlasting peace.

Amen.

Read more: http://www.stjudeshrine.co.uk/a-prayer-for-peace

Prayer for peace

To mark the centenary of Britain's entry into the First World War, we have lit a candle at the Shrine for the Fallen. Today, the Archbishop of Canterbury (our neighbour) said on Radio 4: "Never again, the slogan after so many wars, requires us to say yes to the words of Jesus who tells us that love for our enemies is in fact the only way to eliminate them. We make them our friends – and change our world forever." Let us pray for peace in the world.