Praying for our oppressors and for the persecuted

As the peoples of Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Kenya, Pakistan, and many other parts of the world are suffering from repeated attacks, we would do well to remember to pray for their persecutors, remembering that we are N.

Here is a prayer you might employ, taken from the Mass for Our Oppressors as found in the Roman Missal:

O God, who have laid down by your precept of charity
that we should sincerely love those who afflict us,
grant that we may follow the commands of the New Law,
striving to return good for evil
and bearing one another's burdens.
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.

It is also good for us to remember to pray for our brothers and sisters enduring these persecutions. Here is a prayer taken from the Mass for Persecuted Christians:

O God, who in your inscrutable providence
will that the Church be united to the sufferings of your Son,
grant, we pray, to your faithful who suffer for your name's sake
a spirit of patience and charity,
that they may be found true and faithful witnesses
to the promises you have made.
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.