Venite et videte opera Domini, quantas posuerit solitudines in
terra,conpescuit bella usque ad extremum terrae. Arcum confringet et concidet
hastam plaustra conburet igni.
"Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon
earth, making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the
bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire."
Psalm 45:9-10
O
God, from whom all holy desires, all right counsels and all just works
do proceed, give to Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give,
that our hearts may be disposed to obey Thy commandments, and the fear
of enemies being removed, our times, by Thy protection, may be peaceful.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thjee in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen. -- Collect from the traditional Votive Mass for Peace
Almighty, everlasting God, in whose hand are the power and the government of every nation, look to the help of the Christian people, that the heathen nations, who trust in their own fierceness, may be crushed by the power of Thy right arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen. -- Collect from the traditional Votive Mass against the Heathen
-- For the intentions of Christ's Vicar, Pope Francis, for peace in Syria and throughout the Middle East: FULL TEXT OF THE POPE'S HOMILY ON SEPTEMBER 7, IN ENGLISH
