August 27, 2010
Prayer of Hospitality & Compassion
Open my eyes that they may see the deepest needs of people;
Move my hands that they may feed the hungry;
Touch my heart that it may bring warmth to the despairing;
Teach me the generosity that welcomes strangers;
Let me share my possessions to clothe the naked;
Give me the care that strengthens the sick;
Make me share in the quest to set the prisoner free.
In sharing our anxieties and our love, our poverty and our prosperity,
we partake of your divine presence.
~ Canaan Banana, Zimbabwe
With All God’s People: The New Ecumenical Prayer Cycle (Geneva: WCC Publications, 1989), 344.
March 17, 2009
full of compassion
The Lord is full of compassion and mercy,
slow to anger
and of great kindness.
– Psalm 103:8
October 29, 2008
Justice & Peace
O Lord,
you love justice and you establish peace on earth.
We bring before you the disunity of today’s world;
the absurd violence, and the many wars,
which are breaking the courage of the peoples of the world;
human greed and injustice,
which breed hatred and strife.
Send your spirit and renew the face of the earth;
teach us to be compassionate towards the whole human family;
strengthen the will of all those
who fight for justice and for peace,
and give us that peace which the world cannot give.
All: Amen.
Taken from the World Council of Churches (http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/international/iraqprayers-e.html)
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