Daily Meditation for November 11, 2026

“Grant Peace in Our Days, O Lord” How fitting this prayer is, as we observance Veterans Day today. It is a special recall which offers the time and the occasion to reflect on the price and sacrifices shared by countless persons for the defense of freedom from national and international conflicts. Unless there is peace in the hearts of people, there is no peace nationally or worldwide. Perhaps it is significant to reflect on Jesus’s words of peace. He prays for it for the Apostles at the last supper. At his appearance to them after the resurrection, he assures them of his presence by offering peace, and goes on to say, “Not as the world gives it, but I give it to you.” John 14:27. As followers of Jesus, it’s our challenge to extend that peace as we are able lest that prayer of Jesus be offered without benefit for ourselves and others.

By Philip Zimmer, OSB