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What does it mean?
If priests pray for leaders to end public war, individuals should also pray for peace in their own lives.
In plain terms
Private individuals should pray for peace just as leaders do.
What can you take from it?
Pray for peace personally as well as politically.

Where it applies

  • public life
  • private life
  • war

Putting it to work

  • prayer
  • civic engagement
  • community building

Questions to consider

  • How do you pray for peace?
  • What role does private prayer play in public peace?

Another view

Political outcomes may not respond directly to individual prayers.

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