November ~ Full Beaver Moon
This week we observed a beautiful full moon./ May we have some new experience of personal fullness/ as the liturgical year comes to a close:/ some fresh sense of God's incentivising grace/ that prompts us to be more fully human./ We pray to the Lord.
We ask to be blessed with gifts of endurance,/ faith,/ hope and love,/ where the world seems to be in crisis or chaos./ We pray to the Lord.
Pope Francis travels to Thailand and Japan this week./ We pray for his safety./ May his words and example support growth in goodness for the people of these nations./ We pray to the Lord.
For the President of the United States/ and those who govern around the world./ May they be genuine servants of the common good,/freed of power-lust/ and self-service./ We pray to the Lord.
California and Australia are suffering terrible fires,/ Venice is under water,/ and much of the United States is enduring January-like cold./ May we grow in a protective love for the planet-gift God has given us./ We pray to the Lord.
For the strengthening of families in all their diversity and need./ For the world's children and their safe-guarding./ For the sick,/ the war-damaged,/ and all who are living in terrifying insecurity./ We pray to the Lord.
