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Peace for the children, peace, peace. Peace for the children we pray.

Peace for the children, peace, peace. Peace for the children we pray. Following the path of One of peace, we work for healing, we work for peace; peace for the children today. Peace for the women, peace, peace. Peace for the women we pray. Following the path of One of peace,

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Peace for the children, peace, peace. Peace for the children we pray.

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  1. Peace for the children, peace, peace. Peace for the children we pray. Following the path of One of peace, we work for healing, we work for peace; peace for the children today.

  2. Peace for the women, peace, peace. Peace for the women we pray. Following the path of One of peace, we work for healing, we work for peace; peace for the women today.

  3. Peace for the men, peace, peace. Peace for the men we pray. Following the path of One of peace, we work for healing, we work for peace; peace for the men today.

  4. Peace in our families, peace, peace. Peace in our families we pray. Following the path of One of peace, we work for healing, we work for peace; peace for our families today.

  5. We pray for children Who sneak popsicles before supper Who erase holes in math workbooks Who can never find their shoes A Prayer for Children

  6. We pray for those Who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire Who can’t bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers Who never “counted potatoes” Who are born in places we wouldn't be caught dead Who never go to the circus Who live in an X-rated world.

  7. We pray for children Who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls of dandelions Who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money

  8. We pray for those Who never get dessert Who have no safe blanket to drag behind them Who watch their parents watch them die Who can't find any bread to steal Who don't have any rooms to clean up Whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser Whose monsters are real

  9. We pray for children Who spend all their allowance before Tuesday Who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food Who like ghost stories Who shove dirty clothes under the bed and never rinse out the tub Who get visits from the tooth fairy Who don't like to be kissed in front of the carpool Who squirm in church or temple and scream in the phone Whose tears we sometimes laugh at and Whose smiles can make us cry

  10. And we pray for those Whose nightmares come in the daytime Who will eat anything Who have never seen a dentist Who aren't spoiled by anybody Who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep Who live and move but have no being

  11. We pray for children Who want to be carried And for those who must For those we never give up on and for those who don't get a second chance For those we smother ... and for those who will grab The hand of anybody kind enough to offer it. Ina J. Hughes

  12. Friends, the one we call Holy, the Eternal Source of Love and Justice, calls us to pursue justice for children with urgency and persistence today and every day. How will you speak out with and for children and families whose voices have too long been ignored, struggle in poverty without health coverage, in a chasm of inequity and a widening academic achievement gap, at risk in the Cradle to Prison Pipeline? How will you speak out with them for justice? ALL: With urgency and persistence! Reader 1

  13. How will you reach out to children who need our care—those vulnerable to abuse and neglect, those who are hungry and homeless, those who are suspended and incarcerated? How will you reach out to children who need rich early learning experiences, strong schools and caring communities? ALL: With urgency and persistence! Reader 2

  14. How will you pursue justice so that every child has a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in Life? ALL: With urgency and persistence! Reader 3

  15. The pursuit of justice is a marathon, not a sprint. Let us draw on our own deep commitment, on the support and companionship of others in the race, and on the guidance and sustenance of the Holy as we look to reaching the finish line so that every child of God Experiences love and justice. ALL: Amen Leader

  16. Let the children come to Me Let the children come Never hinder them Never stop them O, let the children come! Let the Children Come Let The Children Come To Me www.mycatholicvoice.com/media/hWSQDF

  17. Reading from Matthew19:14 and/or 18:1-5

  18. Leader: Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral spoke to the urgency with which we must pursue justice when she wrote: ALL: We are guilty of many faults and errors, but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life!

  19. Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his/her bones are being formed, his/her blood is being made and his/her senses are being developed. To the child we cannot answer “Tomorrow”. The child’s name is “Today”. (adapted from the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral) Leader

  20. Leader: Every child’s name is today. There are particular children you hold in your heart, who need us to act with urgency and persistence to bring joy and justice to their lives. Aloud or in silence let us lift up those names. (Moment for names to be called out.)

  21. Table Activity: Please spend time: 1.) Reviewing “Children in Poverty” handout. 2) Choose an area such as homelessness, education, hunger, crime where you can make a difference. Write on 2 stars what area you will focus on in the next year. Place one star on the tree and one on your tree at home to remind you of your commitment. 3.) Share in your group how you plan to carry out your commitment.

  22. Closing Prayer Side 1 Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four and that Paris is the capital of France.

  23. Side 2 When will we also teach them what they are? When will we also teach them what they are?

  24. Side 1 We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique.

  25. Side 2 In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven.

  26. Side 1 You have the capacity for anything, Yes, you are a marvel.

  27. Side 2 And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work to make the world worthy of its children. We don’t have a minute to wait or a child to waste. May each of us go forth to work to make this world worthy of our children. (Pablo Casals)

  28. Procession to the Peace Tree Sing: World Peace Prayer Blessing of the tree Closing Song: Let There Be Peace On Earth

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