One of the most profound prayers for peace is attributed to St. Francis of Assisi.  Not only is it a beautiful prayer, but it is a picture of what it means to live like Christ and follow in his footsteps.  The prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 2:4 and Isaiah 11:6-9 uses imagery to convey that the world would be at peace if the kingdom of God were fully realized.  This means, if the life of the coming age is the elimination of weapons and war, where people live peacefully with each other, how should we treat our enemies at this moment anticipating the reality of peace and justice?  Think about that as you pray this prayer.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal life. Amen.  Links to more resources on why we need to be peaceakers and how to be peacemakers are coming soon.