World in Prayer

Sharing in God’s loving compassion for all

World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, May 7, 2026

God of All of the Nations of the World, we are in awe at the beauty of the earth, the flowers and fruitfulness in springtime, the warmth of summer sunshine, the harvest of crops, and the turning colors of the deciduous leaves in autumn, the white snow and clear ice of winter. We are grateful […]

World News This Week in Prayer, Thursday, April 16, 2026

Easter God, In this change of seasons, for some autumn, for others springtime, may it be a time of new beginnings, We realize that oftentimes the news tells us a different story. When we read the news, We often feel it is still full of death and decay, As if we remained in the tomb […]

World News This Week in Prayer –Thursday, April 9, 2026

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, […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, March 26, 2026

Lord of mercy and Father of all good, As we walk the quiet road toward Palm Sunday, steady our hearts in the rhythm of Your grace. In these Lenten days, where reflection meets longing, teach us to lay down not only palm branches, but the burdens we clutch so tightly— our pride, our fear, our […]

World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, March 19, 2026

O God, you created us all in your image and declared us good, yet we question your judgment and act as though some lives are worth less than others. Our hearts are so often heavy with the news of the world, yet we do not carry it alone. Let us know that Jesus weeps with […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, March 12, 2026

We come before You with heavy hearts as war spreads and many lives are shaken. Many of David’s psalms called out to the Lord for protection, strength and victory against his enemies – we pray for divine peaceful intervention during this conflict. David trusted God and called upon the Lord to defend and scatter foes. […]

World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, 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 […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, 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 […]

World News This Week In Prayer, Thursday, November 13, 2025

Lover of all who are wounded, heal us. Lover of all who wound, forgive us.  Lover of all that is, save us.    We close our eyes and dream of a life where tenderness reigns, Where drops of dew caress our cheek in the morning And linens of the softest moss invite us into slumber  As the moon serenades us with her beauty.    We long […]