“Sufis are thieves! They steel the best of all religions.”

Well, this may or may not be true, but I just stole some wonderful Prayers from Truth & Beauty where you will also find a hearttouching post “Pilgrimage to Ground Zero“. Thank you very much! And of course, without my Good Spirit Brother Irving, I wouldn’t have found the post in the first place…

Prayer of Saint 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,
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Hindu Prayer for Peace

Oh God, lead us from the unreal to the REAL. Lead us from darkness to light.
Lead us from death to immortality.
May there be peace on Earth.
May all beneficent beings bring peace to us.
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.

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.

Jewish Prayer for Peace

Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh,
To the Temple of the God of Jacob,
That he may teach us his ways
So that we may walk in his paths; since the Law will go out from Zion,
And the oracle of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
He will wield authority over the nations and adjudicate between many peoples;
These will hammer their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles,
Nation will not lift sword against nation
There will be no more training for war.
O House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of Yahweh.

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 tribes and nations,
That we might know each other.
If the enemy inclines towards peace, do thou also incline towards peace,
and trust in 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.

Baha’i Prayer for Peace

Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity.
Be fair in thy judgment and guarded in thy speech.
Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness and a home to the stranger.
Be eyes for 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 humanity.

Native American Prayer for Peace

O 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 in mind.
Let us learn to share all good things that you provide for us on Earth.

Words of Mother Theresa of Calcutta

“There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen equal before God. I’ve always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, A Muslim become a better Muslim, a Buddhist become a better Buddhist, and a Christian become a better Christian.”

Words by Mahatma Gandhi

“Like the bee gathering honey from different flowers, the wise person accepts the
Essence of different scriptures and sees only the good in all religions.”