Students pray for peace

Student organizes peace vigil in wake of 2,000th US death in Iraq
As the nation mourned the 2,000th soldier killed last week in Iraq, Steve Wessel '08 collaborated with Campus Ministry to organize a prayer vigil in front of Saint Francis Chapel yesterday (Nov 2). (At right) A student read the names of the last 1,000 U.S. soldiers killed as others lit vigil candles representing the dead. Volunteers passed out a prayer based on St. Francis of Assisi's "Prayer of Peace." (For more information, contact Chris Kerr '00, Coordinator of Social Justice Initiatives, Campus Ministry.)
Prayer for Peace
Today we pray for: 2,000+ U.S. troops who have been killed while serving in Iraq Hundreds of foreign soldiers serving with our troops who lost their lives 25,000+ innocent Iraqi civilians killed during the conflict All families who have lost loved ones as a result of the War in Iraq Together we pray for an end to violence of all forms, physical and passive, in our own lives and in areas of conflict, especially Iraq.	Prayer (adapted from Prayer of St. Francis): Lord Jesus Christ, Make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love. Where there is injury, let us offer pardon. Where there is discord, let us build peace. Oh divine Lord, you taught us that those who work for peace are called the children of God. Help us to persist in establishing justice and truth as firm and lasting foundations of peace. Lord, you offer us peace as a gift and peace as a responsibility that we must realize with your help. Give us the grace to reach out for peace, to have attitudes of peace, that our words may be words of peace, and our works be works of peace. Then may we build the peace that we and our nations need. Amen

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