To you, O Mary,
We turn our gaze with
stronger trepidation, to you we hasten back with more insistent trust in these
times scarred by a multitude of doubts and fears for the present and future
destiny of our planet.
To you, the first fruits of
humanity redeemed by Christ, set free at last from the slavery of evil and sin,
we raise together our heartfelt, trusting plea; listen to the cry of pain of the
war victims, of the victims of the many forms of violence that bathe the earth
in blood.
Dispel the shadows of sorrow
and of loneliness, of hatred and of revenge. Open to forgiveness the minds and
hearts of all!
Queen of Peace, pray for us!
Mother of mercy and of hope,
obtain for the men and women of the third millennium the precious gift of peace;
peace in hearts and families, in communities and among peoples; peace above all
for those nations where people fight and die every day. Obtain that every human
being of every race and culture may encounter and accept Jesus, who came down to
earth in the mystery of Christmas to give ‘his’ peace to us.
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