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Prayer of the Day: Immigrants (Lev. 19:33-34)

by the Web Editors 06-30-2010
God of the sojourner, the immigrant, the foreigner, may we show your welcome to these weary travelers just as you welcomed us.

Prayer of the Day: Poverty and the Economic Crisis

by the Web Editors 06-29-2010
God, despite some indicators that we may be coming through the economic recession, we continue to lift up those who are struggling financially, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually as a res

Voice of the Day: Pierre-Marie Delfieux

by the Web Editors 06-29-2010
Never tire of forgiving, and so give the devil no hold. Be merciful and compassionate, spontaneously and wholeheartedly.

Verse of the Day: 'The Lord has heard my supplication'

by the Web Editors 06-29-2010
Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord accepts my prayer.

- Psalm 6:8-9

Prayer of the Day: Gulf Coast Prayer

by the Web Editors 06-28-2010
We pray that BP and the government are able to stop the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

Voice of the Day: James Cone

by the Web Editors 06-28-2010
Our past knowledge and present encounter with God ground our confidence that the future will be both like and unlike the present -- like the present in the encounter with God, and unlike it in the

Verse of the Day: Transformation

by the Web Editors 06-28-2010
Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

Prayer of the Day: Isaiah 58

by the Web Editors 06-25-2010
May we, by the power of your Spirit, truly fast as you desire: loosing the bonds of injustice, letting the oppressed go free, and breaking every yoke; sharing our bread with the hungry, bringing th

Verse of the Day: Fishing for People

by the Web Editors 06-24-2010
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton

by the Web Editors 06-24-2010
So tell the earth to shake

With marching feet

Of messengers of peace

Proclaim my law of love

To every nation

Every race.

Prayer of the Day: Generosity of Spirit and Action

by the Web Editors 06-24-2010
God of all, everything belongs to you--all that we claim as our own, all that we abuse, all that we cling tightly to.

Verse of the Day: 'Go out in joy'

by the Web Editors 06-23-2010
For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Voice of the Day: Dorothy Height

by the Web Editors 06-23-2010
As more women enter public life, I see developing a more humane society.

Prayer of the Day: Beyond Borders, Beyond Boundaries

by the Web Editors 06-23-2010
Teach us to welcome others as you welcomed us, to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to be deterred by neither rule nor law in showing your love, compassion and grace to every single person we me

Voice of the Day: Mary Evelyn Jegen, SND

by the Web Editors 06-22-2010
With good reason we cannot be indifferent to anyone who lacks the necessities of life.

Prayer of the Day: Gulf of Mexico

by the Web Editors 06-22-2010
We hold in prayer and lament this day the terrible suffering of all life-forms in the Gulf of Mexico. We grieve the profound marring of your creation and the threat to coastal ways of life.

Verse of the Day: Put on the Armor of God

by the Web Editors 06-22-2010
For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil

Verse of the Day: Sing of God's Steadfast Love

by the Web Editors 06-21-2010
I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.

Prayer of the Day: 'I need thee every hour'

by the Web Editors 06-21-2010
I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord; no tender voice like thine can peace afford. I need thee, O I need thee; every hour I need thee. O bless me now, my Savior, I come to thee.

Voice of the Day: James Baldwin

by the Web Editors 06-21-2010
People who cannot suffer can never grow up, can never discover who they are.

- James Baldwin
from his book The Fire Next Time