Duccio Di Buoninsegna ~ The Risen Christ Appears to the Apostles
In the Gospel accounts of the Risen Christ,/ Jesus breathes on the apostles / an echo of God's breathing life into Adam./ Yet every year around the world/ seven million people die prematurely due to air pollution./ May we learn to care for the treasure,/ which is God's life sustaining gift of air./ We pray to the Lord.
Nearly 40,000 children have lost a parent to coronavirus in the United States./ We pray for them/ and for children everywhere who live insecure and sad lives./ We pray to the Lord.
May we understand the message of spring personally,/ "See, we can grow and change."/ May hope and trust be resurrected in the nation/ and in the Church./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for those places where there is civil war,/ power-grabbing,/ ecological disaster,/ poverty and sickness./ For those who know only suffering./ We pray to the Lord.
The coronavirus still claims the lives of many./ We continue to pray for health care workers/ and the consolation of mourners./ For those who will not help in even the simplest ways./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for the President of the United States/ and all who have been elected to government office./ Grant that they would be hard-working and true servants,/ free of pandering to those who want to legitimatize divisions and destruction./ We pray to the Lord.
