Spirit God,
Breathe your calm, loving, hopeful breath into a hurting world.
Both the places and people we know are hurting as well as the hurting spaces unknown to us, teach us to care for the whole world and everything in it.
May your love, the love, go out into the hearts of all of your people.
May hope bloom and wounds be healed.
May compassion transform us and overcome hate.
May we breathe in your peace to breathe out love.
Breathe out generosity into spaces where hunger and disasters are taking over the lives of so many.
In particular, in Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Pakistan, and for the Rohingya people living uncertainty and need. May your soothing breath cover those who are unfed, and may aid not be withheld from the hungry.
Breathe your peace into a world where violence continues to be rampant.
In Gaza and Ukraine and other places, where innocent people are hurt, where displacement is rampant, and where the basic needs of food and shelter and the comforts so many have no longer exist, we pray for your calming breath to blanket our world.
Breathe justice and freedom over West Papua, Indonesia, where voices are silenced and suffering is hidden from the world. We pray for those experiencing oppression and violence there, for truth to be told, and for your protection over the people. Breathe your healing breath over them and may the world not forget them or any of the places where suffering is unknown to us.
As we remember World Patient Safety Day, we lift to you all people who rely on health systems that are fragile or broken. Be with the caregivers, the hospital workers, and clinics who provide such vital care. May your healing breath touch the lives of those who are physically in need of healing and care.
As world leaders gather at the United Nations in New York, USA, may you stir in the hearts of our leaders to put people first over division. May the vulnerable be lifted. Give courage to these leaders to work together so that the well-being of our world may be put first.
We pray for our creation, for communities affected by floods, droughts, and fires and for our people to protect our hurting earth.
We give thanks for moments where your joy and connection are felt so deeply. For sporting events that draw people together, for art and music, and laughter that remind us that we are better together and are invited to breathe out love and joy into the world.
As we breathe in your hope, may we be instruments of your peace and extend your compassion into the world.
Amen.
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