Photo: St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican

Dear Pilgrims

We invite you to join us in prayer for peace in the Holy Lands of Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
We continue to closely monitor the situation which is devastating on every front and pray for all peoples in the region, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, as well as the innocent civilians caught up in the tragedy of war.

May Our Lady Queen of Peace, pray for us.

A Prayer for Peace in the Holy Land

God of mercy and compassion,
of grace and reconciliation,
pour your power upon all your children
in the Middle East: Jews, Muslims and
Christians, Palestinians and Israelis.

Let hatred be turned into love, fear to trust, despair to hope,
oppression to freedom, occupation to liberation,
that violent encounters may be replaced by loving embraces,
and peace and justice could be experienced by all.

Amen.