December 28,  2012

Every day at noon,  a moment of prayer to ask God for peace.

Once again, Maria Voce has launched this proposal to all the Focolare Movement and she did so in the presence of 350 youth world leaders of the Movement gathered at Castelgandolfo. An immediate response followed. By the end of the morning, a page on Facebook was already online.

“Only God can intervene in such absurd situations of war and grant humanity the peace it needs” commented Maria Voce, prompted by the news received through letters sent by members of the Focolare Movement in the Middle East. “ We really need strong, powerful prayers with a renewed faith that God can grant us peace”.

The “Time out” was launched by Chiara Lubich back in 1991, during the first Gulf War. It is an appointment for a moment of silence and prayer for peace held daily at noon in every time zone of the world.

This initiative is also supported by many other activities promoted by the Focolare communities in favour of peace and brotherhood in many parts of the world..

Link to some stories:

– Burundi

– Gaza

– India

– Kenya

– Lebanon

– Messico

– Nigeria

– Pakistan

– Sardinia

– Syria

Updated December 29, 2012

LH – BF

Information Service Focolare – SIF