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Voice of the Day: Dorothy Day
04-12-2011
"Whatever I had read as a child about the saints had thrilled me. I could see the nobility of giving one's life for the sick, the maimed, the leper. But there was another question in my mind.
Verse of the Day: 'Oppressing the poor'
04-12-2011
"Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss."
- Proverbs 22:16
Prayer of the Day: For the our members of Congress
04-12-2011
Dear Lord, we pray for our Congressional leaders. May they be motivated by a commitment to those most in need. Allow them to lead in a way that seeks the common good for all. Amen.
Verse of the Day: Pray for Your Leaders
04-11-2011
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet
Voice of the Day: Jelaluddin Rumi
04-11-2011
"Lord, the air smells good today, / straight from the mysteries / within the inner courts of God. / A grace like new clothes thrown / across the garden, free medicine for everybody.
Prayer of the Day: Stewards of the Earth
04-11-2011
God who creates and cares for all, move us to be good stewards of the resources with which you have blessed us.
Verse of the Day: Be Courageous
04-08-2011
"I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
- Joshua 1:9
Prayer of the Day: Unity Within the Church
04-08-2011
Make us one like you are one, God. We are your people, your children, and your church. We confess that we are more disparate and more splintered than we ought to be.
Voice of the Day: Huston Smith
04-08-2011
"The community today can be no single tradition; it is the planet. Daily the world grows smaller, leaving understanding the only place where peace can find a home."
Voice of the Day: Richard Rohr
04-07-2011
"'Resurrected' people prayerfully bear witness against injustice and evil -- but also agree compassionately to hold their own complicity in that same evil. It is not over there, it is here."
Verse of the Day: Giving from Poverty
04-07-2011
"[Jesus] looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
Prayer of the Day: Restoration for Japan
04-07-2011
Lord of all creation, we pray for your mercy on the people of Japan in the midst of this tragedy. We ask that you would grant strength and perseverance to the rescue workers and to the government.
Prayer of the Day: Bring about your purposes
04-06-2011
O God, we cry out to you for the things that are on your heart: for peace, for justice, for love, and for holiness. These are far too scarce in the world you have entrusted to us.
Verse of the Day: Listen to Nature
04-06-2011
"But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
Voice of the Day: Elizabeth of the Trinity
04-06-2011
"Let us ask God to make us true in our love, to make us sacrificial beings, for it seems to me that sacrifice is only love put into action."
Prayer of the Day: Prayer for Global Education
04-05-2011
Today we pray that across the globe, girls' education will be valued equally with boys' education.
Voice of the Day: Margaret Fuller
04-05-2011
"Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion.
Verse of the Day: On Hospitality
04-05-2011
"Then Jesus said to the host, 'Whenever you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends or colleagues or relatives or wealthy neighbors.
Verse of the Day: "Live as children of light"
04-04-2011
"For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light -- for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.
Prayer of the Day: For Those Fighting Addiction
04-04-2011
Lord, we ask for your perseverance and strength for those fighting addiction. May their environment and those around them be a constant reminder of your peace and love. Amen.