Pause for Peace
Prayer for International Women’s Day
Human trafficking constitutes an especially heinous form of violence against women. A prayer service, prepared by the JPIC Anti-Trafficking Working Group, is now available in multiple languages.
Prayer for World Day of Social Justice
20 February 2010 is an important day for all persons in our global village but especially for those of us committed to living the Good News of peace and justice. The World Day of Social Justice is being observed for the second time following its unanimous adoption in 2007 by the 192 member States of the United Nations.
Climate Change Conference Needs Prayers
The United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Copenhagen from December 7-18, 2009. The call of civil society from around the world for a fair, ambitious and binding outcome of the Copenhagen Conference has been loud and clear.
Prayer Service for Nonviolence
Mahatma Gandhi’s has become an icon for people all over the world who believe in nonviolence as a way of life and as the best way to overcome oppression. Nonviolence is a gospel way of bringing about peace and reconciliation. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr, “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit.”
(Photo by Cecile Meijer)
Prayer for World Environment Day
This prayer for World Environment Day unfolds in three movements: celebration, lamentation, response. Be creative in your use of music, drama and space. Choose from among the scripture offerings. Or you might choose to pray one movement each day.
(Detail of a photo by Gitti Linhart, rscj)
Pause for peace 2008
O God, thanks to you for Mother Africa, for those men and women who have given their lives for the sake of their brothers and sisters.
Dear God, today Africa is crying out to you, her Creator. The blood of your people cries out "ENOUGH! ENOUGH!"
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