Pope Leo XIV is appealing to all the faithful to pray and fast for peace on Friday, August 22. In his general audience address on August 20, he said:
Friday, 22 August, we will celebrate the memorial of Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mary is the Mother of believers here on earth, and is also invoked as Queen of Peace, while our earth continues to be wounded by wars in the Holy Land, in Ukraine, and in many other regions of the world.
I invite all the faithful to devote the day of 22 August to fasting and prayer, imploring the Lord to grant us peace and justice, and to dry the tears of those who suffer as a result of the ongoing armed conflicts. Mary, Queen of Peace, intercede so that peoples may find the path to peace.
Please unite with all the faithful—on earth and in Heaven—in prayer and fasting for peace in our troubled world, especially in warn-torn areas:
Lord our God, you sent your only Son
to bring peace to our world.
Through the intercession
of Blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
hear our earnest prayer;
grant that our times may be tranquil,
so that we may live in peace as one family,
united in love for one another.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Credits
Pope Leo XIV: Copyright © Dicastery for Communication – Libreria Editrice Vaticana
Prayer: Collect, Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace
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