"LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU." MT 5:44

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, Creator of All Things, Love Incarnate,

We, your children, implore you to send forth the power of Your Holy Spirit to dispel all evil from our world. We pray for President Vladimir Putin this day; that you would fill his heart with the transformational power of your Divine Love; that he may turn away from aggression and violence; and embrace peace and diplomacy. Remind him that he is a child of God and is loved by you and that you desire the best for him, the Russian people, the Ukrainian people, and all of your sons and daughters.

In your Divine image you created all of humanity, we implore you now to change Putin’s heart that he would surrender any selfish motivations, ambitions, and desires to you, and may he be filled with the power of your Holy Spirit. Open his eyes to see the value of each human life and the beauty and preciousness of all your creation, while realizing the destructive result this course of action has inflicted on Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world. Through Putin's conversion and by Russia’s consecration to you, bring forth a new outpouring of your peace upon the earth, the peace which surpasses all understanding. May our world experience your hope, love, healing, and a future surrendered to your Divine will.

We ask this through Jesus Christ, Our Lord.

Amen.