While the media, social networks, as well as international nongovernmental organizations, report on terrible acts of violence, massive displacement of populations, and on situations threatening peace in the world, we could legitimately wonder whether it is still useful to pray for peace in the world. And if the answer is yes, to what extent would our prayer truly reach lives in distress?
As I was thinking about this, motivated by the legitimate desire to see permanent peace reign for the people in the grip of these awful things, I found inspiration in the Bible, especially in the teachings of our Savior, Christ Jesus.
He promised peace to us when he said: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
