I ask your prayers* for our community, the world, and all those in need.
For our community:
- For those who suffer from fibromyalgia or other painful afflictions, and for those whose health insurance is exorbitantly expensive or is too limited in its coverage;
- For those who continue to feel the repercussions of childhood, and who are anxious about their own worth;
- For those who feel held back from taking on a new career, for those who are stuck in work without meaning, and for those who discover that their career is not what they had hope for;
- For those who have tangled with another member of the community, with another online conversation partner, or who have borne the weight of another’s displaced feelings;
- For those who struggle with parenthood, whether their children are young or approaching adulthood;
- And in thanksgiving and hope for those who embark on new beginnings: new marriages, graduations:
We pray* to you, O Source of all Goodness.
*Meditate, hold in good and active thought.
For the world:
- For the victims of senseless violence;
- For those who lose out in inequitable economic systems, and for the souls of those who win big;
- For those who suffer the horrors of rape used as a political weapon;
- For those who cannot control their anger, and for their victims;
- For the gifts of nature, that they may be used wisely, not exploited, and for those who suffer from natural disaster;
- For those who must bear the costs of war:
We pray* to you, O Source of all Goodness.
For all those in need:
- For the young, and the old, that they may be safe from abuse, exploitation and thoughtlessness;
- For immigrants, exiles and refugees, and for all those who long for their home;
- For the GLBT community, and for all who suffer oppression for being different;
- For the poor of all nations;
- For the sick, the sorrowing, and the suffering;
- For Norman and Mary T. and their family, struggling to come to terms with the death of an 8 1/2 year old daughter;
We pray* to you, O Source of all Goodness.
