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Voice of the Day: Joan Chittister
07-28-2009
Every spiritual master in every tradition talks about the significance of small things in a complex world.
Prayer of the Day: Women with Unintended Pregnancies
07-28-2009
Jesus, we pray for women facing unintended pregnancies. May the church offer them loving embraces and support amid their vulnerability.
Voice of the Day: Martin Niem
07-27-2009
They came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew...
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew...
Prayer of the Day: The Roma (Gypsies)
07-27-2009
Holy Three-in-One, we pray for the Roma (gypsy) people worldwide.
Verse of the Day: 'Redeem me from human oppression'
07-27-2009
Keep my steps steady according to your promise,
and never let iniquity have dominion over me.
Redeem me from human oppression,
that I may keep your precepts.
and never let iniquity have dominion over me.
Redeem me from human oppression,
that I may keep your precepts.
Verse of the Day: 'He departed and went into a deserted place'
07-24-2009
At daybreak he departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him; and when they reached him, they wanted to prevent him from leaving them.
Prayer of the Day: Minimum Wage Workers
07-24-2009
Jesus, we pray for workers in the U.S. who receive a wage increase today. May your people continue to advocate for fair pay for those whose wages still do not correspond with inflation rates.
Voice of the Day: Mother Teresa
07-24-2009
I do not pray for success. I ask for faithfulness.
- Mother Teresa
Prayer of the Day: Child Diarrhea
07-23-2009
Healing God, we pray for the millions of children worldwide who have life-threatening diarrhea. May your church support measures to treat and prevent this curable ailment.
Voice of the Day: Paulo Freire
07-23-2009
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
Verse of the Day: 'Doing righteousness and justice'
07-23-2009
For I have chosen [Abraham], that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice.
- Genesis 18:19
Voice of the Day: Lilla Watson
07-22-2009
If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.
Verse of the Day: 'As you share in our sufferings'
07-22-2009
For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.
Prayer of the Day: Journalists
07-22-2009
Holy Spirit, we pray for journalists in volatile lands. Protect them, and give them boldness to report accurately so that your church may know how to respond to injustice.
Prayer of the Day: Microfinance Initiatives
07-21-2009
Strengthen microfinance initiatives globally, Lord, so that the unemployed may flourish through new business opportunities.
Voice of the Day: Hubert Humphrey
07-21-2009
There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable, and a ruined life is not acceptable.
Verse of the Day: 'Your wealthy are full of violence'
07-21-2009
Can I forget the treasures of wickedness
in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
Can I tolerate wicked scales
in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
Can I tolerate wicked scales
Voice of the Day: Jane Addams
07-20-2009
Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself.
Prayer of the Day: Denominational and Church Leaders
07-20-2009
Loving God, we pray for the leaders of our denominations and churches. May we support them in love and truth as they advocate for the least of these among us.
Verse of the Day: 'The faithful have disappeared'
07-20-2009
The faithful have disappeared from the land,
and there is no one left who is upright;
they all lie in wait for blood,
and they hunt each other with nets.
and there is no one left who is upright;
they all lie in wait for blood,
and they hunt each other with nets.