World in Prayer

Sharing in God’s loving compassion for all

Prayers for Somalia

Drought across the Horn of Africa, food insecurity, and famine return again and again in the prayers for Somalia, together with conflict, evictions, and families displaced within the country and beyond it. Teachers working in hard conditions and Somalis met with travel bans abroad are remembered too.

In Faith and Trust: A Pentecost Prayer for Nations at War, the Ebola Crisis, and All Who Tell the Truth (May 21, 2026)

 We can think of intercession as expanding God’s being in every situation we open to Him. – Sr Margaret Mary, SPB in “Seeking God in the Silence”   In intercession, we, the intercessors, need to know something of the circumstances to kindle our concern.  God already knows it all, but it seems in the mystery […]

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 […]

Learn to Do Good: Prayers for Prisoners, Journalists, and Suriname’s First Woman President (August 7, 2025)

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove your evil deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow. – Isaiah 1:16-17 God of the least, the lost, the unseen, we come before you today humbly acknowledging our misdeeds, how too-often […]

We Dream of Days: Prayers After the Graz School Shooting and the Air India Crash (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 […]

My Soul in Stillness Waits: An Advent Prayer for 117 Million Displaced People (December 5, 2024)

Attentive Nervous Thoughtful Incarnation Concerned Immanuel Preparing Awaiting Testify Expecting The season of Advent, literally “the coming,” holds special significance for many anticipating justice. The United Nations reports that 117.3 million people are currently displaced from their homes due to war, environmental disasters, and political instability.  People from Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, […]

In the Way of Saint Francis: Prayers for the World’s Poorest Nations and 120 Million Displaced (October 3, 2024)

We center ourselves in prayer with you O Lord. The feast day of Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) is October 4.  We pray on how he modelled humility, concern for poor people; practicing a vow of poverty, peace and nonviolence, and care for creation for generations to come. Born into a wealthy Italian merchant family, Francis […]

Co-Guardians of a Fragile Planet: A Prayer in the Season of Creation for Floods, Drought, and Hunger (September 26, 2024)

“Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God’s presence.” ~ Brother Laurence (lay brother, Paris, France 1614-1691) “Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God.” ~ Mother Theresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) “We have to pray with our eyes on God and not on the difficulties.” ~ Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) “I (Jesus) tell you, […]

Gather Us In: Prayers for Israel and Lebanon, Haiti’s Elections and Storm Boris (September 19, 2024)

“How do you choose which news to include in the prayers?” That’s a common question those of us who take turns writing the weekly prayers get asked. Sometimes, it’s more pointed: “Why did you mention this, but not that?” But there’s neither magic nor malice involved – we are all too human. We gather news, from a […]

Lord, Have Mercy: Prayers After the Southport Killings and for Sudan’s Refugees (August 1, 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 […]