{"id":53285,"date":"2022-03-16T10:01:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=53285"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:01:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:01:52","slug":"popes-prayer-to-end-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/popes-prayer-to-end-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope&#8217;s Prayer To End War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the Vatican:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Here below is an unofficial translation of the Pope\u2019s prayer:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Forgive us for war, O Lord.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners!<br \/>\nLord Jesus, born in the shadows of bombs falling on Kyiv, have mercy on us!<br \/>\nLord Jesus, who died in a mother\u2019s arms in a bunker in Kharkiv, have mercy on us!<br \/>\nLord Jesus, a 20-year-old sent to the frontlines, have mercy on us!<br \/>\nLord Jesus, who still behold armed hands in the shadow of your Cross, have mercy on us!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Forgive us, O Lord.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Forgive us, if we are not satisfied with the nails with which we crucified Your hands, as we continue to slate our thirst with the blood of those mauled by weapons.<br \/>\nForgive us, if these hands which You created to tend have been transformed into instruments of death.<br \/>\nForgive us, O Lord, if we continue to kill our brother;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Forgive us, if we continue like Cain to pick up the stones of our fields to kill Abel.<br \/>\nForgive us, if we continue to justify our cruelty with our labors, if we legitimize the brutality of our actions with our pain.<br \/>\nForgive us for war, O Lord. Forgive us for war, O Lord.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, we implore You! Hold fast the hand of Cain!<br \/>\nIllumine our consciences;<br \/>\nMay our will not be done;<br \/>\nAbandon us not to our own actions!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Stop us, O Lord, stop us!<br \/>\nAnd when you have held back the hand of Cain, care also for him. He is our brother.<br \/>\nO Lord, put a halt to the violence!<br \/>\nStop us, O Lord!<br \/>\nAmen.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"prayer-protection\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1647424912\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Pope&#8217;s Prayer To End War\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Vatican: Here below is an unofficial translation of the Pope\u2019s prayer: Forgive us for war, O Lord. Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[964],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-53285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-prayer-protection","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}