Every moment in life can be a prayer. We easily forget our dependence on God, but times of pain and anguish awaken our need to invoke God's help. We need God's help to change our hearts. We believe only God can open the hearts of men and women everywhere, to stop our mutual destruction and live a life of caring and mutual support. We pray for guidance and strength to purify our hearts and to remove the causes of war from ourselves and the world.
Wars ravage the planet, and nations prepare for more war.
One violent conflict unfolds after another. These are but signs that our world is ill, and that we are sorrowfully asleep. And they are a painful call to wake up. We need to wake up to our oneness with God, our human family, and everything on earth. We need to wake up to the possibility of a new life, a life renewed in the power of the Spirit that leads us into harmony with each other and with nature, that heals and brings peace to our lives and to the world.