Eternal Spirit,In this short week, we ask for your mercy and peace that passes all understanding.Since Good Friday, we live anew because Christ has died.We entered the Holy Saturday of deepening grief and perhaps a profound surrender.Christ has Risen!Easter joy arrived, and we are reminded that the door to paradise has been opened by Christ!Yet, […]
Prayers for France
Attacks and their aftermath, heatwaves, floods and storms, strikes and protest, and unsettled elections all appear in the prayers for France. Refugees and children at the Calais camp are remembered, along with justice for those harmed by people in trusted positions, and thanks is given for the climate agreement signed in Paris.
O God, Our Help in Ages Past: Prayers for Madagascar’s Cyclones and Africa’s Drought (February 26, 2026)
We praise you, O God, for another day to see the dawn, another evening to see the dusk, for the moon and the stars that shine their light at night. We praise you for your great and mighty acts, for your favor to your creatures and your creation. We come to you with our hearts […]
Away in a Manger: An Advent Prayer for the Displaced and for Prisoners Freed in Belarus (December 18, 2025)
Away in a manger, No crib for his bed. Advent Jesus, Our hearts break for those who are displaced due to war, violence, oppression, or persecution, who have nowhere to lay their weary heads. Our souls ache for the homeless who are facing winter weather and have no place to stay warm. And our spirits […]
The Beating Heart of Justice: Prayers for Gaza’s Winter Floods, Aid Cuts, and the Amazon at COP30 (November 20, 2025)
Holy One, Eighty years ago this month France, the Soviet Union (now Russia) the United Kingdom, and the United States used the rule of law in setting up a tribunal called the Nuremberg trials. Not outright execution (as was considered) but mindful prosecution brought justice as over two dozen Nazi leaders had their wartime crimes laid out in the light in that initial tribunal. We […]
Prayers for a Protesting World: Nepal, Kenya, Morocco, and the No Kings Marches (October 23, 2025)
Compassionate God, We look to you today – the source of our strength and hope, Even as protests spread across the world, In Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya, Peru, and Morocco. Even as people – many of whom are young and perhaps idealistic, Take to the streets to stand against widening inequality, economic uncertainty, corruption, […]
Give Us Eyes to See: A Prayer on the Anniversary of September 11 (September 11, 2025)
On this anniversary of September 11, 2001, we are reminded of the heartbreaking news of the hijacked planes intentionally crashed in New York and Washington, D.C., and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania in the USA. Help us also remember the spirit of unity that arose after those tragic events. That is what we need now, […]
Light to the Deepest Gloom: Prayers After the Kamchatka Earthquake and Tsunami (July 31, 2025)
“But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are His … He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness; He brings light to the deepest gloom.” Job 12:13-22 We come together from diverse traditions—Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Indigenous, and more—to hold this moment in sacred care. For those affected by natural disasters Merciful […]
You Hold the Whole World: Prayers for Gaza, Wildfires in Canada and France, and Unvaccinated Children (July 17, 2025)
Loving Creator, You are the One who holds the whole world in Your hands. And so, we pray today for areas in our city, nation, and world in need of Your healing and presence. For Palestine where over 58,000 have been killed so far, with the latest Israeli strike killing at least 32. We pray […]
O Lord, Hear My Prayer: After the Texas Flash Floods and for the Hungry in Gaza and Yemen (July 10, 2025)
Note from this week’s writer: Many of us in the U.S. can’t get the images out of our minds of the disastrous flash flood in Texas this week. We hold those images before us as we pray for all all facing disasters throughout the world. Read Psalm 46:1-7. O Lord, hear my prayer; O Lord, […]
For Every Child on This Planet: Prayers Against Abuse, Trafficking, and Gun Violence (February 27, 2025)
O Mighty Warrior, our hearts are breaking, there is fire in our veins, and we wrestle with demons when we close our eyes at night. Our children are facing atrocities that could break the strongest of humans. We are killing them in mind, body, spirit. Please hear us beg for mercy…for every child on this […]
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