Our nation is held in the grip of a political and cultural fever:/ delirious in stubborn disunity./ We ask the good Jesus to break that fever/ as he broke the fever afflicting Peter's Mother-in-law,/ and to return us to balance and calm service./ We pray to the Lord.
Across the nation, young people and students have returned to school./ May their new year be blessed with safety,/ academic success,/ friendship and growth in goodness./ We pray to the Lord.
Yesterday was the Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary./ We pray for the little children of the world,/ the ones who are burned and wounded in wars,/ who are homeless,/ wandering,/ who are not held or loved./ We pray to the Lord.
Across the nation, young people and students have returned to school./ May their new year be blessed with safety,/ academic success,/ friendship and growth in goodness./ We pray to the Lord.
Yesterday was the Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary./ We pray for the little children of the world,/ the ones who are burned and wounded in wars,/ who are homeless,/ wandering,/ who are not held or loved./ We pray to the Lord.
Give strength and peace to Pope Francis in this time of great testing./ Keep the Church from dissolving into a scandal of bitter disunity./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for the ruined countries of Yemen,/ Syria and Afghanistan/ where war has turned cities and towns to dust./ The children are not in school,/ food and water are increasingly scarce,/ while others are making huge profits off of war materials./ We pray to the Lord.
May our inner ears be opened,/ to hear the cry of our ravaged,/ degraded planet,/ the cry of those who are not heard because they are little,/ elderly,/ poor,/ un-educated,/ the wrong race or nationality./ We pray to the Lord.
