World in Prayer

Sharing in God’s loving compassion for all

Prayers for the United Kingdom

Politics and public life fill much of what is prayed for the United Kingdom: elections, Parliament, division and distrust, and households under economic strain. Extreme weather, illness and racism appear too, and there is thanksgiving for climate commitments, for acts of solidarity, and for art and conservation.

Jesus Is Risen: An Easter Prayer Amid Grief in Brazil, India, and Tanzania (April 1, 2021)

At the last minute I substituted for the scheduled writer, and found myself thinking how little different our current world situation is from that of the first Easter. The same uncertainties, political. military, social and civil unrest, and divisions were being played out, while families and communities struggled to live and raise future generations while […]

What I See Outside My Window: Holocaust Remembrance, India’s Farmers, Syria (January 28, 2021)

God of all times and places, as we look out into your world we see so many different things: sun snow rain chaos silence hope fear peace violence justice faith oppression … The list goes on, and on, and on. As I gaze out my window today, I am reminded that what I see what […]

Lord, Rend the Heavens and Answer: Prayers for Gaza, Indonesia’s Disasters, and Syria’s Camps (January 21, 2021)

This opening Litany of Praise is from the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity 2021 taken from the ecumenical service published by CTBI prepared by the The Monastic Community of Grandchamp. Switzerland.  Congregation: You who call us to be praise in the midst of the earth: glory to you! Reader 1: We sing your praise in the midst […]

I Am For You: A Year’s End Prayer After a Maelstrom of a Year (December 31, 2020)

As I come to write this I am frazzled, angry and baffled at the illogical, selfish behavior of some close to me who with their medical expertise and knowledge should know better and take precautions in the face of the surging pandemic. They are not alone – sadly. Lockdowns, illness, suffering, death, separation, and lack […]

Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Prayers for Mozambique, Ethiopia, and the Armenia Ceasefire (November 12, 2020)

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive […]

Be Strong and Courageous: Prayers for Nigeria’s Protests and Western Wildfires (October 22, 2020)

“I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 Dear God, Our world is changing in ways that we never imagined.  We are in need of your unwavering love. We live in a world which holds so […]

May You Be Well: Prayers for Farmworkers, the Moria Camp Fire, and Sudan’s Floods (September 10, 2020)

May you be well, And all whom you love, And those you work with, And all who eat of the crops you handle. That has been my prayer/mantra at least one afternoon a week for the past month, as I joined with other volunteers to prepare 100,000 Covid-19 prevention kits to be given to agricultural […]

Let Me Hear of Your Steadfast Love: Prayers for Iowa’s Tornadoes and the Mauritius Oil Spill (August 20, 2020)

“Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.” Psalm 143:8 Dearest creator of us all, It is to you that we lift our souls and our very beings.  As we draw […]

Abide with Us: Prayers for Beirut, Belarus, and the Last Arctic Ice Shelf (August 13, 2020)

Holy Creator, You are at our Beginning and our Ending, the one who wakes us in the morning and settles us to sleep at night. When we move through the fog of uncertainty, bring a piercing light of a clarity, even if just for a moment. When we want to plop down in heaps of […]

We Cannot Go Back to Normal: A Prayer on Inequality, Hong Kong, and Rising Hate Crimes (July 30, 2020)

I never anticipated that now, in the midst of an abundant summer following a beautiful spring, we would still be living out a winter spirituality. But the Covid-19 Pandemic has brought this upon us.  But…We’re All in This Together, Right?….except….  Lowering of pollution that first month—the air so crisp and clear and breathable. Everything stood […]