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, […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, June 12, 2025
Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. – Joel 2:28 God of our hearts, We give thanks for the dreams you place in our lives. Dreams of safer spaces and places […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thurs., 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 […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, May 1, 2025
I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating… – Isaiah 65:17-18 Behold the newness of the season – the flowers bursting […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, 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 […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, Nov. 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, […]
World News in Prayer – Thursday, October 17, 2024
In today’s prayer we celebrate the words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s blessing found in The Book of Joy. We are thankful for the Archbishop’s willingness to convey God’s love for all of us and his extraordinary ability to find joy amidst violence and destruction. May his words nurture the goodness that is stirring within us. […]
World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, September 12, 2024
God in heaven, we pause to remember the many communities currently subject to war and political suppression. We pray for an end to violence and the establishment of freedom of political expression in all countries. Father Bertin Namboho, bursar of Nouna Diocese, western Burkina Faso, describes extremist groups in control of approximately 40% of the […]
World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, August 15, 2024
Holy One, you are both transcendent, stretching far beyond our understanding and intimate, closer than the air we breathe. I find comfort in that! Especially when tragedy and illness strikes close to home, it is comforting to know that I am surrounded by your love and care AND at the same time that same love […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, 1st August 2024
O God of all peoples. Hear these prayers as bits and pieces of the news this week are shared. You know all sorrows and joys. It seems like a heavy and fearful time right now. Shine your light on these times bringing clarity and justice, peace and recovery. Renew our hearts and minds. Bring your […]
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