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Voice of the Day: Aung San Suu Kyi

by the Web Editors 03-23-2011
"We will surely get to our destination if we join hands."

- Aung San Suu Kyi

Prayer of the Day: For the People of Japan

by the Web Editors 03-23-2011
Lord, we continue our prayers for the people of Japan. May we remember our brothers and sisters both near and far affected by this natural tragedy.

Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton

by the Web Editors 03-22-2011
"The deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless. It is beyond words, and it is beyond speech, and it is beyond concept.

Prayer of the Day: A Prayer Against Cynicism

by the Web Editors 03-22-2011
In a world marked by challenges, we pray to find joy and life in your spirit and presence.

Verse of the Day: Are We Worthy to Be God's People?

by the Web Editors 03-22-2011
"To this end we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will fulfil by his power every good resolve and work of faith."

Voice of the Day: Joan Chittister

by the Web Editors 03-21-2011
"The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting events, in who it sees as its heroes."

Verse of the Day: 'Blessed are the meek'

by the Web Editors 03-21-2011
"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."

- Matthew 5:5

Prayer of the Day: A Celebration of Life

by the Web Editors 03-21-2011
Creator and Sustainer, we cry out against all that kills life: hunger, poverty, sickness, debt, and all forms of injustice.

Verse of the Day: Do Not Oppress

by the Web Editors 03-18-2011
"Do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another."

- Zechariah 7:10

Voice of the Day: Daniel Berrigan

by the Web Editors 03-18-2011
"We have longed to taste the resurrection. We have longed to welcome its thunders and quakes, and to echo its great gifts. We want to test the resurrection in our bones.

Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for the Elderly

by the Web Editors 03-18-2011
We pray for the elderly among us who are vulnerable to loneliness, discouragement, and exploitation.

Voice of the Day: Dorothy Day

by the Web Editors 03-17-2011
"What we do is so little that we may seem to be constantly failing. But so did [Christ] fail. He met with apparent failure on the Cross.

Verse of the Day: Salt of Peace

by the Web Editors 03-17-2011
"Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

- Mark 9:50

Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for Tolerance

by the Web Editors 03-17-2011
Dear Lord, we who are divided, unloving, and prejudiced at times ask that you make us united, loving, and open to learning. Amen.

Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for Jobs

by the Web Editors 03-16-2011
We pray for job prospects in agrarian and rural areas. May community developers create local opportunities so that rural families may thrive. Amen.

Voice of the Day: Cesar Chavez

by the Web Editors 03-16-2011
"When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon."

- Cesar Chavez

Verse of the Day: Pride

by the Web Editors 03-16-2011
"When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but wisdom is with the humble."

- Proverbs 11:2

Prayer of the Day: For the People of Japan

by the Web Editors 03-15-2011
God, we lift up the people of Japan in these turbulent times. May recovery be swift and complete after this earthquake and tsunami. We ask for a restoration of both those affected and their homes.

Voice of the Day: C.S. Lewis

by the Web Editors 03-15-2011
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.

Verse of the Day: The Good Shepherd

by the Web Editors 03-15-2011
"Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.