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O Holy One who invites ALL who are weary to come and find rest, we the weary have heard your invitation. Rarely have we needed rest and your unifying Holy Spirit more than we do on this World Communion Sunday. We are exhausted by bitter partisan politics that divide families and friends. Empower me to be an ambassador of kindness and agent of compassion to every person I meet.
We are tired of natural disasters and pray for their victims, most recently those suffering from Hurricane Helene. We also pray for those suffering from natural disaster in other countries, such as _______________.
On World Communion Sunday we rejoice as the barriers of race, gender, and age disappear as Christians around the world gather at one table. We are neither Republican nor Democrat, female nor male, black, brown, yellow, red or white. We are one race – the human race—one body sharing one common loaf.
We go to worship not because we deserve to be there, but because we need to be there. Around the global table we speak different languages and have different customs; but through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit we are ALL one and for as long as we remember who we are and whose we are we carry that holy sense of community with us.
Today, I pray especially for the nation/people of _______________. Hear my prayers O God in the name of Jesus who taught us how to live, how to build community and how to pray. Amen.
From: Peacefullyharsh.com
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