Prayer through the Ages
We bring to you, O Lord, our poverty of soul to be transformed by your beauty; the waywardness of our passion to be tamed by your love; the stubbornness of our will to be conformed to your commandments and our coldness of our heart to be enkindled by your grace. Amen.
Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)
Prayer of the Day
Jesus, our Savior, may the moment we met You remain on the top of our minds. Soften our hearts to Your call more each day. Grow us in Your wisdom, and teach us to adopt Your perspective. Help us to submit our worries, comparison, jealousy, bitterness, and envy to You each and every day in exchange for a fresh vision of Your will for our lives. Hear us as we pray...
In these times of the coronavirus, there is grief in our hearts, anxiety on our minds, suffering before our eyes. We need your mercy, your intercession, your love. Lord hear us.
For Pat Washburn's friend Marilyn Maxwell who just passed away after a fight with cancer.
For Charlie Cassidy, who had successful surgery and is now in rehab for about 10 days before he can return home.
For Joan Whearty who had hip replacement surgery.
We ask that You help us to cope with the coronavirus and its new strains.
For our friends working the Covid19 front lines: Alayne Snyder, Drs. Johnny and Riny Kovoor. and Erik Lindholm. Direct their hands and all their colleagues worldwide, protect them from illness, sustain their energy, we beg in your Name.
We pray for the vulnerable. For the sick, the aged, the chronically ill, the immunocompromised, those with pre-existing conditions… Lord, protect them from harm. Be their comforter and their strength. For the many in our church family who are vulnerable in health, we entrust them to your loving arms.
Thank you for your Holy Spirit that gives us comfort and guidance as we journey through life.
Holy Spirit, as families adjust to everyone being home we ask that You guide people in their new realities. Give spouses grace for each other. Prompt worn-out parents to speak words of kindness and encouragement to their children.
Give peace to people feeling financial strain during these times of uncertainty, bring them comfort and peace, reminding them that You are there for them. Provide for them in their times of need.
May we all, as people of God, see and speak of each precious one, made in your image, as worthy of health and wholeness. In our efforts to keep fear at bay, may we not speak or think of this virus as being risky “only” to certain populations, as if they were less treasured in your eyes. May we see each other as you see each of us
Be with people making decisions that affect the lives and futures of our families, communities, countries, and the wider world.
God when we look at the heavens and the wonderful works that You have made, what is man that You are mindful of us and yet You chose us, You chose us to be Your children. Let us live in humble submission to the leading of Your Spirit, knowing that in us dwells no good things – knowing that You can do all things - and nothing that You plan is impossible, in Jesus name we pray, Amen.
