In a time of chaos and divisive ugliness,/ we ask for our nation to again be God-blessed,/ teeming with people of all kinds/ living in harmony and peace./ We pray to the Lord.
As Pope Francis has added the title: Mother of Migrants to Mary's Litany of Loreto,/ may we grow in knowledge/ and sensitivity to the desperate plight of the many who are fleeing for their lives around the world./ We pray to the Lord.
More than 126,000 Americans have died of Coronavirus./ Many states are experiencing spikes in the number of cases,/ hospitalizations and deaths./ Still, there are people,/ cavalier in refusing the simplest requests to help spread the disease./ May we learn to care for one another./ We pray to the Lord.
For the safety of all during the summer hurricane and fire season./ For those who are struggling to keep businesses open,/ for the furloughed and unemployed./ For those who are standing on food pantry lines/ and for all who are helping./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for our families,/ friends,/ neighbours and colleagues,/ mindful of the ones who are having a hard time of it these days,/ who need to be strengthened in the face of difficult challenges./ We pray to the Lord.
The global threat used to be acid rain,/ now it is plastic rain — rain containing large amounts of micro-plastic,/ as billions of tons of plastic garbage decompose,/ filling the oceans,/ waterways,/ the animals/ and now/ even the rain and the forests and farmland where it falls./ May we learn God's wisdom./ We pray to the Lord.
