Prayer For Peace

Let's all offer a Prayer for Zamboanga City, Philippines and all the countries who are experiencing war right now.

Almighty God and Creator, 

 ou are the Father of all people on the earth. Guide, I pray all the nations and their leaders in the ways of justice and peace. Protect us from the evils of injustice, prejudice, exploitation, conflict and war. Help us to put away mistrust, bitterness and hatred. Teach us to cease the storing and using of implements of war. Lead us to find justice, peace and freedom. Unite us in the making and creating of the tools of peace against ignorance, poverty, disease and oppression. Grant that we may grow in harmony and friendship as brothers and sisters created in Your image, to Your honor and praise.

Amen. 

Pope Assures Special Prayers For Philippine Ferry Victims

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI pledged Sunday to say a "special prayer to God" after a typhoon-stricken ferry sank with more than 700 people on board in the Philippines, a mainly Roman Catholic nation.

"It is with deep emotion that I learn this morning of the sinking in the Philippines of a ferry hit by Typhoon Fengshen (local codename Frank)," the pope said after reciting the Angelus prayer following his Sunday mass at the Vatican.

Expressing "spiritual closeness" with islanders living in the typhoon's path, he said he would be making "a special prayer to God for the victims of a new tragedy at sea, in which it appears many children were involved".

The M/V Princess of the Stars listed and sank in just 15 terrifying minutes Saturday in the typhoon-battered seas of the central Philippines, leaving only four survivors so far.

Pope Benedict was invited to visit the Philippines, where eight out of 10 people are Roman Catholics, by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last year. The last papal visit to the southeast Asian nation was by the late John Paul II in 1995.

Courtesy of ABS-CBN News!

Marriage Prayer

Lord,help us to remember when we first met and the strong love that grew between us.To work that love into practical things so nothing can divide us.We ask for words both kind and loving,and hearts always ready to ask for forgiveness as well as to forgive.Dear Lord,we put our marriage into you hands,Amen.