Weekly Peace Prayer

Thanksgiving Prayer for Peace
for November 26, 2024
prepared by Sister Carmel Little, CSJP

If the only prayer you ever say
in your whole life is "thank you,"
that would suffice.
Meister Eckhart

Constitutions:
Recognizing gospel peace as both gift and task,
we believe that prayer is fundamental to our life.
Our intimacy with God unifies our prayer and activity
so that we are moved to action by prayer
while action urges us to pray.
In unity with the church and with all creation
we give praise and thanks to the Giver of all gifts.
We open ourselves to the liberating power of God
whose Spirit in us leads to peace.  #28

Reading:        Colossians: 3: 16, 17
Christ’s peace must reign in your hearts, since as members of one body you are called to that peace.  Dedicate yourselves to thankfulness.  Let the Word of Christ, rich as it is, dwell in you.  In wisdom made perfect, instruct, and admonish one another.  Sing psalms, hymns, and inspired songs.  Whatever you do, whether in word or in action, do it in the name of the Lord Jesus.  Give thanks to God through him.

Prayer:           Psalm 9

I will give thanks to God with all my heart
in the company and assembly of the just.

Great are the works of the Lord,
Exquisite in all their delights.

Majesty and glory are God’s works,
and God’s justice endures forever.

I will give thanks to you, O God,
with all my heart.

Great has been your kindness to us
of your goodness the earth is full.

We join with all creation in praising
and thanking you.

And we ask you to bless your world with peace. Amen       

Quiet Reflection

Reading: Gratitude    
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events.  It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie

Prayer:
O God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungry;
When I have work, help me to remember the jobless;
When I have a home, help me to remember those who have no home at all;
When I am without pain, help me to remember those who suffer,
And remembering, help me to destroy my complacency;
bestir my compassion, and be concerned enough to help;
By word and deed, those who cry out for what we take for granted.
Samuel F. Pugh

Quiet Reflection

 
Prayer: A Litany of Thanksgiving
Blessed are you, Creator God, f
or providing the rain that waters the earth:
All: Blessed be God forever.

Blessed are you, Creator God,
for sending the sun that warms the fields:
All: Blessed be God forever.

Blessed are you, God of Work,
for strengthening the hands that harvest the crops:
All: Blessed be God forever.

Blessed are you, God of Work,
for guiding the way of those who deliver the yield:
All: Blessed be God forever.

Blessed are you, Giver of Life,
for inspiring the cooks with imagination and love:
All: Blessed be God forever.

Blessed are you, Giver of Life,
for feeding us with the love of family and friends:
All: Blessed be God forever.
Diana Macalintal, The Work of Your Hands