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Peace Pole
May Peace Prevail On Earth

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St. Peter's Peace Pole

Peace poles are four or six-sided obelisk shaped poles decorated with the message and prayer for peace - “May Peace Prevail On Earth.”   The planting of peace poles is an expression of our love for all of God’s children and wish for global peace and harmony.  Through the active support of individuals and organizations the world over, peace poles are continuously being planted as an international symbol of peace.  There are more than 250,000 Peace Poles in 180 countries all over the world dedicated as monuments to peace.  They serve as constant reminders for us to work for and pray for peace.

 

On November 11, 2007, we remembered the veterans who nobly fought of old to win peace in our world and for those who continue to fight for peace in our world today, we asked for God’s blessing upon and dedicated our Peace Pole at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Monroe, CT, in loving memory of Jay Sheppard.

 

God of all goodness, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.  Your will is that peace should shine on all people everywhere.  With your spirit, guide the efforts of humankind to bring peace and justice to the nations of the earth, and give strength to rulers and all who work to establish peace and justice in the world.

Inspire those who come together in search of ways to bring about peace, and through your word, change the hearts of all people so that we shall strive for: Peace and not war, the Common good, rather than individual wellbeing, your Justice, instead of our own glory.

You have given us your peace.  Enable us to share that peace with those around us, so that love and harmony may be always present in our lives, that all the world may know happiness, that we may live with dignity as brothers and sisters, and that all may rejoice in your presence.  May this peace pole be a reminder to us as we call upon your infinite grace, humbly asking you to receive our prayer and make us instruments of your peace.  Amen.

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Lord, make us instruments of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let us sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is discord, union;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy.

Grant that we 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.

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