Prayers for Canada

Winter storms, wildfires and floods gather much of what is prayed for Canada, along with the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the continuing relationship with First Nations. Trade tension, illness and the cost of living are named as well, with thanks for conservation, discovery and quiet innovation.

Let Us Be the Hope: Prayers for the Middle East, Fires in Brazil and Greece, and Measles (June 26, 2025)

Gracious God, As we sit in this time of turmoil and strife, let our eyes fix on you. Let our hearts be open to your mercy and hope. We are bombarded on all sides by news of war, famine, and illness. We are overcome with feelings of sorrow, worry, and grief. Come to us, be […]

Hopeful in the Midst of Grief: Prayers for Canada’s Wildfires, Mothers in Gaza, and Pride (June 5, 2025)

Loving God, We come before you today, in a world which feels torn apart. Our natural environment feels hopeless right now as thousands across Northern and Western Canada are fleeing due to forest fires. And as Yellowstone National Park in the U.S.A. faces wildfires and hydrothermal explosions as well as nearby earthquakes. In the midst […]

A Web of Life: Prayers After the Vancouver Festival Attack, Strikes on Gaza, and India Pakistan Tensions (May 8, 2025)

After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. – Revelation 7:9 Holy One, as we come before you today, with people […]

A Little Bit of Mercy: Prayers Remembering Pope Francis and the Kashmir Attack (April 24, 2025)

The world lost a great leader this week – Pope Francis – head of the Catholic Church since 2013 until his death at the age of 88 on April 21st, just one day after giving his Easter address. Although World in Prayer provides ecumenical prayers, this week, in honour of the man who brought liberation […]

The Goodness That Still Abounds: A Lenten Prayer for Syria, Lagos, and Racial Justice (March 13, 2025)

In this journey through Lent, We know what it’s like to wait, to long, and to feel heavy. We know what it’s like to feel anxiety over the situations happening in our world. Over looming tariffs and counter-tariffs in the U.S., Canada, and China, Over the bad batch of Fentanyl that is claiming the lives […]

Prayers for the Ones Jesus Blessed: The Washington DC Air Crash, Ebola in Uganda, and Goma (January 30, 2025)

Loving God, it is sometimes difficult to find the words to pray when our hearts and souls feel weary about all that is happening in our world. We look for comfort and hope, but sometimes the situations that surround us need a miracle. As we come to you in prayer this week, let us remember […]

The Candle of Love: Prayers After the Madison School Shooting and Vanuatu’s Earthquake (December 19, 2024)

Approaching the end of Advent, we light the candle of love, and we pray for situations around the world which desperately need our love. We send our love to the children who were shot at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A and for the 15 year old shooter who took her own […]

The Wind of Your Love: Prayers for 1,000 Days of War in Ukraine, a Bomb Cyclone, and Delhi’s Smog (November 21, 2024)

Dear God, For the people who make a difference, for the love and care that has been shown to each of us by individuals, by communities, by the entities that hold us and call us good, we show our gratitude to you as they are inspired by you alone, God. For the challenges we face, […]

Glimmers of Grace: Prayers for Elections, Gaza, the Spanish Floods and Sudan’s Women (October 31, 2024)

Loving God, We know that our world is often uncertain. Many nations have recently faced elections, such as British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick in Canada, and Japan, where the Liberal Democratic Party, which has held power almost continually since 1955, lost its single-party majority at Sunday’s election. We also know that in some places, elections […]

Let God’s People Go: A Prayer Remembering the Slave Trade and All Held Captive Today (August 22, 2024)

Editor’s note: 23 August is recognized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. This date was chosen as an acknowledgement of the revolution in Saint Domingue, today the Republic of Haiti, that began in late August 1791 as a […]