By Laudato Voices | Global Rosary for Peace | October 22, 2025
Where Is the Hope? Hope is in Christ and our Lady is the queen of peace. A Call to Prayer in a World of Distraction. Our common home is saturated with noise, conflict, and competition, we are left asking a sobering question….
Where is the hope?
When world leaders believe that strength lies in possessing the most powerful weapons not only of war, but also of mass distraction it becomes painfully clear that we have strayed far from what truly matters. We live in an age where global powers invest trillions into developing tools of surveillance, division, and destruction, while basic human needs; clean water, education, healthcare, and shelter remain unmet for millions. The irony is stark: we did not create life, yet we often treat it as disposable.
Custodians of God’s creation
We are custodians of God’s creation, but we continue to exploit and damage it in pursuit of short-term gain. The are part of our families yet not many of them have been welcomed and taken care of well. The Holy Father Leo XIV in his recent Apostolic Exhortation “Dilexi te” released on 09.10.2025 called us to reflect on Love for the Poor, highlighting that “no Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family’ so we can’t have peace when others are suffering. Every time we walk streets, see street children, the poor of all sort we see no peace because some resort violent ways of survival. We need to pray but also take individual conversion to become builders of peace.
Where is the hope?
In the midst of all this, hope is not lost. It simply must be found in a different place not in the strength of armies or the size of economies, but in the hearts of people who dare to believe in actionable prayer for peace, conversion to be peace builders, and listening to the cry of the poor, the young people and those battle fields of all sorts.
A Global Call to Prayer
This is why the Global Rosary Prayer for Peace by the Congregation of Holy Cross and Holy Cross Family Ministries is not just a religious ritual it is a prophetic act. It is a counter-cultural response to a world that too often chooses power over peace, and profit over people. The Rosary is a weapon not of destruction, but of intercession, reflection, and hope. Each bead carries a prayer not only for personal needs but for the healing of a broken world. By turning to prayer, we acknowledge something radical in today’s world: that true power comes from humility, and real change begins in the soul. Just like Fr. Patrick Peyton, C.S.C put a world at prayer is a world at peace.
Why the Rosary?
The Rosary is a prayer that transcends time and culture. It invites us to walk with Mary, the Mother of God, through the mysteries of Christ’s life. His joy, His suffering, His glory. In doing so, we are invited to contemplate not only the story of salvation but the dignity of every human life, the sanctity of peace, and the call to care for the least among us.
As the Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared in places like Fatima, Lourdes, and Kibeho, her message has always been the same: pray, repent, and seek peace. At Fatima, she explicitly asked for the daily recitation of the Rosary to bring about peace in the world and the conversion of hearts. Just like the Holy Father invited us to pray the Rosary Daily in the month of Oct “Pope Leo urges Catholics to pray daily Rosary for Peace in October and the “Holy Cross Missionaries invite Catholics to pray global rosary for peace” This are not just a passive call. They are deeply active and urgent and should shape the way we look at the world of tomorrow for the future generations and the young people “Stewards of the future”.
A Vision for the Future
Imagine a world where leaders prioritize life over weapons, unity over division, and care over control, nurturing young people in hope and investing in building a conducive environment. Imagine investments poured not into instruments of death, but into innovations that preserve the environment, uplift the poor, and heal the wounded. This is not a naive dream it is the vision of the Gospel, and it begins with each of us.
To those who ask, “Where is the hope?” let us answer:
Hope is in the hearts that care for young people.
Hope is in the hands that choose to heal and join the pilgrimage of building a hopeful world.
Hope is in the prayers that rise from every corner of the earth, for instance today as we join as millions join together in the Global Rosary Prayer for Peace.
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Let us not be passive observers of a world in crisis. Let us be intercessors, peacemakers, and prophets of hope. Learn more https://prayforpeace.hcfm.org
“Peace be with You”
