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Prayer List
Friends, may we celebrate Earth Day, the beauty of creation and the arrival
Lord, there are creatures in the understory,
snails with whorled backs and silver boots,
trails beetles weave in grass, black rivers
of ants, unbound ladybugs opening their wings,
spotted veils and flame, untamed choirs
of banjo-colored crickets and stained-glass cicadas.
Lord, how shall we count the snakes and frogs
and moths? How shall we love the hidden
and small? Mushrooms beneath leaves
constructing their death domes in silence,
their silken gills and mycelial threads, cap scales
and patches, their warts and pores. And the buried
bulbs that will bloom in spring, pregnant with flower
and leaf, sing Prepare for My Radiance, Prepare
for the Pageantry of My Inevitable Surprise.
These are the queendoms, the spines and horns,
the clustered hearts beating beneath our feet. Lord
though the earth is locked in irons of ice and snow
there are angels in the undergrowth, praise them.
~ Dorianne Laux, "Psalm"
This week we pray for:
Jason, Julie Douglass-Gillespie's student
Prayers for Jason, a student who participates in the Open Arms Tutoring Program. He is taking tests to pass into the next grade this week, and he is struggling with reading.
Anne, mother of Lemoine Peart's daughter-in-law
Prayers for healing for Anne. She is being treated for fractures due to osteoporosis.
Steve Howell, friend of the Relles
Prayers for healing and comfort for Steve who is wheelchair bound with a neurological disease.
Addie, Shelley Peterson's granddaughter
Prayers for Addie (9) whose bone biopsy was rescheduled for Friday, May 12.
Shelley Peterson
Continued prayers for Shelley as she heals from a sprained wrist.
Deb Hostettler
Continued prayers for Deb who is hoping to regain her appetite and energy following an adjustment in her medication to reduce side effects.
Barbara Mykkanen
Continued prayers for Barb as she participates in a study to help others with similar cancer diagnosis.
We pray for
- all neighbors, friends, and church members who grieve, or are struggling with life’s challenges; we pray for strength, patience, and peace as we adjust to life’s changing circumstances;
- an end to the seemingly endless cycle of shootings and deaths related to gun violence and for commonsense action and relief to this fear and trauma;
- the health and healing of the planet, for an increased awareness of the delicacy of God’s creation, and for fresh commitments to care for God’s earth;
Friends, as we celebrate our wonderful creation and recommit to be responsible stewards of it this Sunday, may we be guided also by the prayer offered by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato Si:
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