Let us pray for peace of mind and healing of hearts

wherever that is needed.

Let’s pray especially for those in our world

who are feeling lost or abandoned:

we can be with them.

Let’s pray for those in our world who are suffering

from religious prejudice or violence:

we can be with them.

Let’s pray for the children in our world who lack safekeeping

we can be with them.

Let’s pray for all those in our world in need of respect,

safety and justice:

we can be with them.

Let’s pray for those in our world who are grieving … who are

enduring physical or mental pain … or who are facing or

enduring incalculable losses:

we can be with them.

Let’s pray for the peacemakers of our world, the healers and the

joyful ones, those who ease our lives and make them lighter,

more glorious and more meaningful:

we can be with them.

Let’s pray for all who will come into our world today … and

all those who will leave it:

we can be with them.

Let’s pray for our own selves … our families … the small and

large communities of which we are part … for our whole

human family:

we can be with them.

Finally, let’s pray for those spiritual guides and teachers whose

words, loving-kindness and example allow us to find our way:

we can be with them.

Blessed be.

~~~ Stephanie Dowrick (from her book, Heaven on Earth: Timeless Prayers of Wisdom & Love, published by Allen & Unwin (ANZ & UK); Random House/Penguin (USA)