The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-22
CATHOLICS SAY
PEACE PRAYER
FOR WARS END
st. Mary's and St. Andrews
Add Supplications to Those
of Whole Church for
Peace.

Prayers from the combined member.
ship OF st. Mary's and st. Andrews
Catholic churches were added yester.
day to the supplications Of Catholics
IN all parts of the world for the cessa.
ton OF the European war Special ser.
vices were held in accordance with a
decree of the pope, who set yesterday
aside as Peace Sunday.
More than two thousand persons at
tended the impressive services at St
Andrews church. while all services at
81 Mary's church were well attended.
Worship at ST Andrews opened at
$50 o'clock in the morning and closed
with an evening service at which the
popes peace prayer was pronounced.
Appeals to God.
Despairing of persuading leaders of
the warning. nations to cease their
butchery. Pope Benedict has appealed
TO Almighty God, said Rev. F. A. Roell
In his peace sermon.
The foremost reasons why Christian
nations should stop fighting is because
OF the terrible example they are set
ting for the emulation of the non
Christian peoples said Father Roell
cial efforts since assuming the leader
ship of the Catholic church to stop the
war. He appealed to the leaders i'm
mediately after his installation, and
then again at Christmas time when he
endeavored to secure an armistice.
There was a time in the history of
the world. he said, when the pope was
an arbiter and power. He was con-
suited by the rulers, and his advice
was carefully weighed. This cond-
ton no longer exists, SO the pope after
appealing in vain to the crowned heads
Of Europe has mustered the entire
Catholic church in an appeal to the
Divine Being
Pope Prepares Prayer.
The prayer prepared by Pope Bene.
dict, which was read at the evening
service, follows:
'Dismayed by the horrors of war;
which is bringing ruin to people and
nations, we turn. o Jesus, to Thy
most loving heart as our last hope.
. God of Mercy, with tears we invoke
Thee to end this fearful scourge; o
King Of Peace, We humbly implore the
peace for which We long. From Thy
Sacred Heart Thou didst shed forth
over the world divine charity, so that
discord might end and love alone might
reign among men. During Thy life on
earth Thy Heart beat tender with COM
passion for the sorrow of men, in this
hour, made terrible with burning hate,
with bloodshed and slaughter, once
more may Thy Divine Heart be moved
to pity. Pity the countless mothers in
anguish for the fate of their sons; pity
the numberless families now bereaved
of their fathers; pity Europe over
which broods such disaster and havoc.
DO Thou inspire rulers and peoples
with coursels of meekness: do Thou
heal the discords that tear the nations
asunder. Thou who didst shed Thy
precious blood that they might live as
brothers. bring men together once
more III loving harmony. And as once
nore to the cry Of the apostle Peter:
Save us Lord, We perish, Thou didst
answer with words of mercy, and didst
sill the racing waves, SO now to hear
cur tirstful prayer, and give back TO
the world peace and tranquility. And
- thou, Q Most Holy Virgin, as in
ether times of sore distress, be now
ctr Zip, car protection and our safe
Guard. Amen"