Prayer List
Open unto me, light for my darkness
Open unto me, courage for my fear
Open unto me, hope for my despair
Open unto me, peace for my turmoil
Open unto me, joy for my sorrow
Open unto me, strength for my weakness
Open unto me, wisdom for my confusion
Open unto me, forgiveness for my sins
Open unto me, tenderness for my toughness
Open unto me, love for my hates
Open unto me, Your Self for myself
Holy Wonder, open unto me!
*Prayer by Howard Thurman
This week we pray for:
Al, Dixie Harper's toddler grandson
Prayers for health for Al, who contracted Covid, and for the safety of Dixie and her family during Al's illness.
Otis Whitmore
Prayers of healing for Otis as he continues to deal with recurring health issues.
Eric Weiss
Prayers for healing for Eric who tested positive for a breakthrough Covid infection on Monday. He has mild symptoms and is quarantining at home.
As the US President officially recognized Indigenous People's Day for the first time on Monday, October 11th, we celebrate this long overdue act remembering our complicated history with our Indigenous People neighbors. We confess our complicity in supporting and benefiting from White-supremacist systems and policies that stole indigenous land, inflicted disease, exploitation, unjust treatment of Indigenous People, and destroyed indigenous culture, language and life. We pray:
"O Creator of all, God of all peoples, enlighten our minds and soften our hearts so that we will be open to healing and life-giving change. Enable us to see each other and all the creatures of our Mother Earth with eyes like Yours. Call us to a new awareness of the sacredness of creation and the beauty in its diversity so that we may contribute to a world where there is lasting peace. Empower us to commit
to true justice and stand in solidarity with all Indigenous Peoples in their efforts for sovereignty and human rights. We pray in your many names and in the power of your Spirit in whom we live and move and have our being today and always." I invite you to draw on the indigenous
Prayer of the Directions for further reflection.
We continue to pray for the lingering challenges at the US southern border, and especially for the many around the world seeking asylum, help, and care.
We pray for the people struggling for freedom, peace and justice; for places torn by conflict, famine and violence. We give thanks for all who work to make this world a more peaceful place.
We pray for those who grieve, struggle and suffer as infections caused by the Delta variant of COVID-19 are on the rise especially among the unvaccinated in country. We pray for exhausted medical staff who care for the sick; for wisdom to do the right thing to protect the wellbeing of all in our communities; for people in countries with no access to the vaccine.
