O Saint Benedict Abbot!Thou who hast not taught otherwise than as thou hast lived, make us all feel the perennial relevance of thy teaching, that it may continue to inspire good for contemporary mankind.O Saint Scholastica, to you we entrust our girls, our young women, our Religious, our Mothers, that they may know how to live their dignity as women today, according to God's plan.Amen.
(John Paul II)
God of our Fathers, great and merciful, you have plans for peace and not for affliction, you condemn wars and abate the pride of the violent.Thou hast sent thy Son Jesus to proclaim peace to near and far, to gather men of every race and kindred into one family.Hear the unanimous cry of your children, the heartfelt plea of all humanity: never again war, adventure without return, never again war, spiral of mourning and violence!Speak to the hearts of those responsible for the fate of peoples, stop the logic of retaliation and revenge, grant our time days of peace!Amen.
(John Paul II)