Today is the Feast of St. John Vianney,/ the patron saint of parish priests./ We pray for Pope Francis/ who is a parish priest for the world./ We ask healing for broken priests,/ renewal for burned out priests./ Strength and hope for sick or discouraged priests./ We pray to the Lord.
Tuesday and Friday this week recall the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,/ Japan/ killing many thousands/ and injuring untold numbers of people./ However we might feel justified,/ we ask forgiveness for the awfulness of war,/ and pray for this never to happen again./ We pray to the Lord.
Tuesday and Friday this week recall the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,/ Japan/ killing many thousands/ and injuring untold numbers of people./ However we might feel justified,/ we ask forgiveness for the awfulness of war,/ and pray for this never to happen again./ We pray to the Lord.
God calls,/ a fool,/ the rich man with the bursting storage barns,/ who thinks of life as synonymous with possessions and material success./ We pray to be freed of greed,/ acquisitiveness and superficial living./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for the President of the United States,/ our Congress,/ and those in leadership everywhere./ Healed of vanity and blame,/ may they seek the wisdom of God's way of loving service./ We pray to the Lord.
Three people were killed this week at a California summer fair./ The victims are six,/ thirteen and twenty-five years old./ Twelve people were injured./ It is the 248th mass shooting in our nation this year./ May God forgive our country's gun lust,/ and cover our shame before the world./ We pray to the Lord.
For our families and friends,/ the sick,/ the fragile,/ the ones working two or three jobs,/ the ones who are struggling to hold on,/ the ones whose relationships are strained or fractured,/ for those who are inwardly imprisoned in bitterness./ We pray to the Lord.
