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Prayer of the Day: Immigrants
03-26-2010
With faith and hope we continue to come to you in prayer on behalf of those of us who have encountered this broken immigration system: our brothers and sisters, our fellow churchgoers, and people
Verse of the Day: The Mystery of Faith
03-26-2010
Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great: "He was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up
Voice of the Day: Charles Marsh
03-26-2010
Over and above all movements for social justice is God's movement, [which is] the creative origin of any movement toward human liberation and solidarity.
Verse of the Day: David's Prayer
03-25-2010
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence,
and do not take your holy spirit from me.
Voice of the Day: Diane Nash
03-25-2010
The movement had a way of reaching inside me and bringing out things that I never knew were there. Like courage, and love for people.
Prayer of the Day: Gaza
03-25-2010
We pray for peace in the West Bank, in Gaza, and in Jerusalem. Our hearts break for the unrest, for the oppression, for the injustices that are perpetuated there.
Voice of the Day: Archbishop Oscar Romero
03-24-2010
Even when they call us mad, when they call us subversives and communists and all the epithets they put on us, we know we only preach the subversive witness of the Beatitudes, which have turned ever
Verse of the Day: 'Look not to your own interests'
03-24-2010
Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 2:4-5
Prayer of the Day: For Peace
03-24-2010
God of reconciliation, we pray for people around the world who face conflict and violence on a daily basis.
Verse of the Day: 'Bring good news'
03-23-2010
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because [God] has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
[God] has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
Voice of the Day: Lyndon B. Johnson
03-23-2010
People cannot contribute to the nation if they are never taught to read or write, if their bodies are stunted from hunger, if their sickness goes untended, if their life is spent in hopeless povert
Prayer of the Day: Health Care
03-23-2010
We thank you, Healing Lord Jesus, that millions of poor and uninsured will now have access to health insurance.
Verse of the Day: 'Do not lose heart.'
03-22-2010
Since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in ministry, we do not lose heart.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1
Prayer of the Day: World Water Day
03-22-2010
In commemorating World Water Day, we pray especially for the millions who do not have access to clean water or who face regular water shortages.
Voice of the Day: Henri Nouwen
03-22-2010
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing ... not healing, not curing ...
Voice of the Day: Virginia Hamilton
03-19-2010
The books from which [children] learn must reflect movement and change and all of the infinite possibilities of minds at liberty.
Verse of the Day: Bethlehem's Prophecy
03-19-2010
But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.
Prayer of the Day: Immigrant Rally
03-19-2010
We lift up the tens of thousands of people who will be coming to DC for the immigration rally this weekend, and we lift up the millions of people they represent and are speaking up for.
Prayer of the Day: The Gospel
03-18-2010
Jesus, we pray for the spread of your Gospel and for the kingdom of God to come on earth.
Verse of the Day: God's Protection
03-18-2010
Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the Lord, "You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you."
- Psalm 16:1-2