Time of Prayer for Peace (Fr. Marinko Shakota, OFM)

Time of Prayer for Peace (Fr. Marinko Shakota, OFM)

Our Lady’s message on September, 25th 2025:

“Dear children! May this time for you be a time of prayer for peace. Thank you for having responded to my call”.

(With Ecclesiastical approval)

How difficult it is to write about such a short message of Our Lady like this one! It is not only for its shortness but also for its clarity. It is so clear that it doesn’t need to be interpreted. If I still have to write then I will be brief -at least I will try to tell something in short sentences.

You can often hear: “Our Lady’s message is so beautiful”. Yes, it is. To be honest what did we do after thinking of it or saying it? Is the September message beautiful? “May this time for you be a time of prayer for peace”. This message would have been even more beautiful if Our Lady had said just a couple more words, wouldn’t it? We love when Our Lady talks to us and says to us more words than in this message. The truth is there are few words in the message but what a call! Isn’t it wonderful to pray for peace with Our Lady? What else should be added to this message? What do we feel when we read this short message? Don’t we feel the seriousness of Our Lady?

And do we feel care? She looks like a mother who is silent because the children don’t use words. Our Lady has been speaking to us for so many years! So many calls! What about us? How can Our Lady not care knowing that the world is under threat. How greatly peace and war depend on certain politicians and their decisions. She has been calling us to become Her collaborators in the cause of peace throughout the world; to become Her outstretched hands of peace for the world, for people who are far away from God and haven’t come to know God’s love yet. Have we responded to Her call? Have we failed? Do we see Our Lady’s care for us in this message? Why does Our Lady care for us? Isn’t it because of Her love for us and Her desire for good? Doesn’t She desire for us to live in peace in this world? On the other hand, do we feel our care for Our Lady within ourselves? Have we ever asked ourselves: Does Our Lady suffer? Do others suffer because of us?

Do others suffer because of me?

Because of my indifference to Her and Her words?

What kind of peace is Our Lady calling us to?

Our Lady doesn’t want us to pray for a certain kind of peace.

Not every peace is true peace.

The psalmist sings: “My soul finds rest in God alone” (Psalm 62:2)

Our world needs not peace, but God.

The meaning of the prayer for peace is to find God.

Return to God and may God live within us.

Then we will have peace that is true and profound.

Peace that is the foundation of inner security.

Peace that is the foundation of happiness, joy and contentment – things nobody can take away from us.