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 […]
Blessed Are Those Who Have Regard for the Weak: Prayers for Disaster, Hunger, and Healing (February 12, 2026)
Oh, God of Light and Creator of the universe, shine on us as we pray for your intervention and healing for all mankind. Give us faith and comfort us while we wait upon answered prayers, for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. In these times of extreme distress, we offer powerful prayers by David, the Psalmist, […]
O God of Wonders: Prayers for Greenland, Venezuela, Protesters in Iran, and the World’s Children (January 15, 2026)
O God of Wonders, Grant us opportunities for celebrations of answered prayers this week, places where we see light break through the darkness, hope arise in the face of despair, and peace prevail in areas of conflict. Let joy and gratitude erupt spontaneously from our hearts, as we see you bring deep healing to places […]
Wrapped in the Love of God: Prayers for Aleppo, Aid Workers in Gaza, and Christians in India (January 8, 2026)
Creator and Giver of all Good, You are God Most High – the source of all life, light, and love. You are worthy of our praise and our adoration. We lift our collective voices to declare that you are majestic in holiness, perfect in wisdom, and boundless in mercy. It is of this mercy that […]
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 […]
Hopeful in the Midst of Grief: Prayers for Canada’s Wildfires, Mothers in Gaza, and Pride (June 5, 2025)
Loving God, We come before you today, in a world which feels torn apart. Our natural environment feels hopeless right now as thousands across Northern and Western Canada are fleeing due to forest fires. And as Yellowstone National Park in the U.S.A. faces wildfires and hydrothermal explosions as well as nearby earthquakes. In the midst […]
A Web of Life: Prayers After the Vancouver Festival Attack, Strikes on Gaza, and India Pakistan Tensions (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 […]
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace: A Holy Week Prayer for Gaza and the West Bank (April 17, 2025)
As the Christian world celebrates the holiest three days of the year, we lift in prayer the people of the very lands that Jesus trod before he rose to deliver us from sin. Unfortunately, the first stage of the ceasefire between the Israelis and the Palestinians expired last month and the combating parties and outside […]
Have Mercy: A Prayer After Bishop Budde’s Plea, for USAID and a Wounded World (February 20, 2025)
Introduction to the prayer: (If prayer is used in a worship service, the people, the congregation, read aloud the bold print.) Just over a month ago, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, The Right Reverend Mariann Budde, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington D.C., USA delivered a sermon at the Washington Cathedral as a prelude […]
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Prayers for the Israel Lebanon Ceasefire and Aid to Gaza (November 28, 2024)
Will you come to our world, God? And will you come with hope? For we see too many situations we can only lament, too few that lift our spirits; too much despair, too little resilience and respect; too many longings and laments and limited visions, too few steps forward. O come, O come, Emmanuel. And […]
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