Pope Leo XIV
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"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible." — Pope Leo XIV, during his first Sunday message at the Vatican.
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This prayer-pysanka was written for Pope Leo’s success in gaining lasting world peace.
Its Teardrop Foundation symbolizes compassion.
White
Symbol for Purity, Intuition, Intention.
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Beloved God,
Bless Pope Leo’s efforts to bring forth peace on earth. Guide his intuition and willpower to end the suffering and destruction of war.
yellow
Symbol for Success, Grace, Wisdom.
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Beloved God,
Help Pope Leo to be receptive to Thy grace. Let the divine intelligence radiating from within it inspire his every word and deed with success.
Red
Symbol for Attunement, Strength, Love
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Beloved God,
May Pope Leo’s love for humanity empower within him Thy strength in the face of obstacles, Thy conscience guiding his, and an attunement with Thee that awakens the world to a prosperous and unifying peace forever more.
Purple
Symbol for Healing, Compassion, Right Activity
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Beloved God,
Help Pope Leo. Bless his efforts. Unite us as one world, in a healing movement of prayer for a peaceful end to war.
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Beloved God,
Remove the darkness of ignorance, evil and war from our hearts, from our world. In Thy beauty, goodness and mercy may we gain a true understanding of our inherent oneness with Thee, and our inherent oneness with all souls.
May the Dove of Light descending from heaven permeate this world with everlasting peace, love and brotherhood.
Amen.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I 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.
Ukrainian folklore characterizes pysanky as a symbolic, talismanic writing that invokes a higher Universal Power for help, while believing with faithful certainty that It will. The contemporary version of this characterization is a paper-and-pen journaling practice called prayer writing that develops a personal relationship with God.
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