We pray for the people who suffer in silence,/ secrecy or shame./ For those whose grief is raw,/ who are disregarded,/ betrayed or broken./ For those who have no one to hold them dear,/ who need nurturing or valuing./ We pray to the Lord.
For all of our exposure to media and information,/ we seem perhaps to be entering a new age of ignorance and indifference./ As a nation,/ may we search for God in the silent depth of our hearts./ We pray to the Lord.
Kristallnacht,/ the destructive night which set in motion the Holocaust/ is remembered on Monday./ May nation and church be healed/ of the ugly stain of anti-semitism,/ which is on the rise again in our own time./ We pray to the Lord.
During the Coronavirus pandemic,/ which is out of control in our country,/ some health care workers are mocked and hated for taking the disease seriously./ We ask forgiveness,/ evolution and conversion,/ for those who so little regard the health and wellbeing of others./ We pray to the Lord.
In the United States more than 235,000 people have died of Coronavirus/ and there has been no national mourning./ We pray for those who have died untimely deaths,/ for the comforting of those who loved them and miss them./ For the generous people who continue to assist the sick./ We pray to the Lord.
Autumn is a time for the planting of bulbs/ and the transplanting of plants and trees./ May we put down roots into the love of God/ as Christ has shown us,/ and come to new depths of courtesy,/ kindness,/ friendship and mutual regard./ We pray to the Lord.
We join Pope Francis in prayer for the people of Turkey and Greece/ where there has been an earthquake,/ and the people of France/ where terrorist attacks have left people dead,/ injured and afraid./ May the religions of the world grow up in the knowledge and love of God./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for those who are newly elected/ and for all who propose to lead,/ may they have clean hearts./ We pray to the Lord.
