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Prayer of the Day: The Homeless
06-29-2009
We pray for shelter for the homeless on our streets. Provide affordable housing for them, O God, and may they find communities that can help them gain stability.
Verse of the Day: 'Why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?'
06-29-2009
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders?
Voice of the Day: Maya Angelou
06-29-2009
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
Verse of the Day: 'So that the poor of your people may eat'
06-26-2009
For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild anima
Prayer of the Day: Rest and Renewal
06-26-2009
God of Sabbath, we pray that all of those seeking your justice may also seek rest and restoration.
Voice of the Day: Bill Moyers
06-26-2009
Charity is commendable; everyone should be charitable.
Prayer of the Day: Hope for the Hopeless
06-25-2009
Lord of Light and Truth, we ask that you pour your spirit on those who lack hope.
Verse of the Day: 'We brought nothing into the world'
06-25-2009
Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be con
Voice of the Day: Margaret Mead
06-25-2009
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
Prayer of the Day: Peace in the Middle East
06-24-2009
Redeemer of Israel and the nations, we pray for peace in the Middle East. Make friends of enemies, and may your loving spirit melt away all hatred and fear.
Verse of the Day: 'Wisdom is better than weapons of war'
06-24-2009
So I said, "Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded." The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shout
Voice of the Day: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
06-24-2009
The followers of Christ have been called to peace. And they must not only have peace but also make it. To that end they renounce all violence and tumult. ...
Prayer of the Day: Safe Childbirth
06-23-2009
We pray to you, God of creation and life, to provide midwives in places where childbirth often ends in death.
Verse of the Day: 'In the place of justice, wickedness was there'
06-23-2009
Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.
Voice of the Day: Marge Tuite
06-23-2009
Never stop making the connections between sexism, racism, militarism, nationalism and all forms of violence.
- Marge Tuite,
Dominican Sister
Verse of the Day: 'You must help to set it free'
06-22-2009
When you come upon your enemy's ox or donkey going astray, you shall bring it back.
Prayer of the Day: Debt Forgiveness
06-22-2009
Soften the hearts of rich and powerful legislators, Lord, so that they can forgive the debt of poor countries and free these nations for development and growth.
Voice of the Day: Martin Luther King Jr.
06-22-2009
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Prayer of the Day: Liberation from Forced Prostitution and Slavery
06-19-2009
Liberator God, we pray for redemption for children and women who are subjugated to forced prostitution and slavery.
Voice of the Day: Aung San Suu Kyi
06-19-2009
For millenia women have dedicated themselves almost exclusively to the task of nurturing, protecting, and caring for the young and the old, striving for the conditions of peace that favor life as a