Prayers for Ferguson

In the wake of the unreasonable violence currently underway in Ferguson, Missouri, we need to increase our prayer and fasting for peace and reason to prevail. Two prayers from the Roman Missal may be of help in guiding our prayers for Ferguson:

From the Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice:

O God, who have revealed
that peacemakers are to be called your children,
grant, we pray,
that we may work without ceasing to establish that justice
which alone ensures true and lasting peace.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

From the Mass in Time of War or Civil Disturbance:

O God, merciful and strong,
who crush wars and cast down the proud,
be pleased to banish violence swiftly from our midst
and to wipe away all tears,
so that we may all truly deserve to be called your children.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.