Community Days of Prayer
April/May, 2025
May 1 is the National Day of Prayer, an event enshrined in law in 1952. This year, let it be a springboard for multi-faith community prayers for peace.
We invite faith leaders and laity of all denominations to pray for peace and commit to being peacemakers. In a time of deep division, we are called to lead by example, showing the world what it means to listen with love, speak with grace, and work for reconciliation. Through our common values and through prayer, we can uplift our shared humanity and begin to heal, one community at a time.
The toolkit provides faith leaders with resources and guidance to build and lead actions for peace within their communities. We hope you join us in a powerful movement of prayer, hope and unity. The toolkit PDF file can be accessed by clicking the image below.
Faith Leaders as Peacemakers
The call for peace, unity, and compassion is deeply rooted in many faiths. As people of faith, we are called to pray and be active agents of reconciliation in a divided world.
Places of worship are uniquely positioned to stand in the gap, model humility, and be the bridge that connects communities, political ideologies, and generations.
National Day of Prayer 2025
This National Day of Prayer can be more than a day of observance. It’s a call to action in our communities. Faith leaders can take the lead in praying for peace and practicing peace. Through prayer, bridge-building, and unity, we can show the world that love transcends all divisions.
While we differ in our faith and our politics, we are united by our common humanity and our commitment to the good of all.
We offer this prayer and hope you can use it for reflection within your community. If there is another prayer more suitable in your tradition or circumstances, please pray that prayer. We hope you share this message widely.
Sample Prayer for Our Nation
Loving and Gracious God,
We give you thanks for this, our cherished nation that you have entrusted to our care for our children and generations to come.
We live in a time of disharmony and are troubled by our growing divides. We pray for the unity and protection of our country.
Remind us that no matter our beliefs or views, we are all made in your image, even those with whom we disagree. Together, let each of us commit to seek harmony and reject division. Let us be inspired by the better angels of our natures.
Help us as people of faith to remember our calling to peace and to find the wisdom to make our places of worship into places of healing. Let us reunite in a common commitment to our shared democratic norms and the rejection of violence.
Give us the courage to help ourselves and others to the path of respect and love.
Give us the strength to listen to those with different views so we may better understand their hopes and fears.
Give us an open heart to find common ground and, where we cannot, to disagree well.
We pray for our leaders so they may guide us with love and wisdom for the betterment of all.
These things we ask in the name of all that is holy and good.
Faith Forward Democracy is a multifaith, nonpartisan network of faith leaders who are united by their concern for our increasingly divided country and the impact those divisions have on our communities, families, and democracy. Faith leaders share a common commitment to the highest values of peace and love irrespective of political position. We believe that faith leaders have the power to bridge differences and inspire positive change. Faith Forward Democracy Georgia is a part of the Georgia Democracy Resilience Network, which is supported by The Carter Center.