Right or wrong,/ we tend to think of ourselves as a Christian nation./ Now the Texas bridge is open to traffic again,/ the Haitians have been sent away on planes to other places,/ the makeshift huts and garbage cleaned up,/ as if it never happened./ We must ask ourselves if this is how the Lord Jesus would have addressed the human crisis./ We pray to the Lord.
Monday is the Feast of St. Francis./ Pope Francis has said,/ "Small yet strong in the love of God,/ like St. Francis of Assisi,/ all of us,/ as Christians,/ are called to watch over and protect the fragile world in which we live,/ and all its peoples./ May we understand./ We pray to the Lord.
The Italian Jewish Holocaust survivor, Primo Levi, wrote,/ "Monsters exist,/ but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous./ More dangerous are the common men,/ the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking why."/ May we learn this truth./ We pray to the Lord.
In this time of Covid resurgence, / we pray for doctors,/ nurses,/ technicians and all who care for the sick./ At the same time we witness ugly fights and even violence over vaccines and masks./ We pray for resisters,/ deniers,/ objectors and argue-rs./ May we learn the Lord's mandate to love one another./ We pray to the Lord.
God reveals himself through Water and Word,/ Bread and Wine./ We pray for the Church to be nurtured into the place where God's presence is experienced and shared./ We pray to the Lord.
The Irish Priest-Poet,/ Gerard Manley Hopkins,/ compares Mary to the air we breathe./ In October,/ the month of the Rosary,/ may we present Mary as the atmosphere around Christ/ which draws a hurting,/ tired world to him and his promise of life./ We pray to the Lord.
Shape our families and parish communities to be places where God is honored,/ where we encourage one another,/ where healing can be found,/ where joy is increased./ We pray to the Lord.
