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Remember in Prayer
Our church: Pray for Katharine, our Presiding Bishop; Marc, our Bishop: the clergy, staff, and members of this parish.
The Ministries of our Parishioners: Kairos Inside Prison Ministry, Kairos Outside Prison Ministry, Cursillo, Sojourn - the Multifaith Chaplaincy at San Francisco General Hospital, San Quentin Prison, the Marin Interfaith Street Chaplaincy, Ohlhoff Recovery Board: the Elders Ministry of Grace Cathedral, Hospice by the Bay, West Coast Post Trauma Retreat, Alano Club and Buckelew Services.
In our Nativity Parish cycle of prayer, pray for the Crosby family - Doyle, Diane, Ian, Derek; Marion deHeer; Rev. Margaret Deeths.
Our world: pray for our country, for our President Barack and Governor Jerry. Pray peace into being especially in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Darfur, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Haiti, Pakistan, Chile, Palestine, the Middle East, Japan and Honduras.
Our parish members for special grace and healing:
Carissa Betts, Bob Brandt, Alice Goss, David Wade, Virginia Gerhart, Marion Slusser, Bill Schlegel, Juliette Anthony and Muriel Hammond.
Prayers are asked for the following family and friends:
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Polly Essinger, friend of Marian Marsh
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Winnie Coleman, friend of Gail & Jean
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Mike Antill, friend of the Wades
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Hal, friend of Nina Woods
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Brooks Parker, friend of David Wade
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Marsha Calegari, friend of Honor Bulkley
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Colton James, great grandson of Marge Cole
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Jill Lerner, friend of Honor Bulkley
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Gerry Studier, friend of Gail Sanfilippo and Fusae Miller
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Margaret Whitfield, sister of Marianne Keenan
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Steve Graham, father of Samantha Ehlen
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Esther Yuen, friend of Marianne Keenan
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World News This Week in Prayer
The night has ended; the day has begun.
Those of us in wintery climes long for spring, while those in summer's midst look longingly toward the comfort of cooling breezes. Why are we never contented, Holy God? Why are our hearts not filled with gratitude for all of the gifts with which our lives are filled?
Perhaps because we look around our world and see so many in pain, so many struggling for the daily necessities of life: the homeless, the hungry, the lonely of every age, and most especially those longing for justice.
Perhaps because we look around our world and see so many suffering the effects of war: homes lost, lives disrupted, families torn asunder.
Perhaps because we look around our world and are filled with a sense of helplessness and frustration. After all, what can we do? What can one person do?
May this time of prayer awaken in us, Gracious God, the hidden gifts contained in this day and in us, and may it open us to the ways in which we can BE your help, BE your strength, BE your peace. Remove us from the ruts of habit, of despair, and set us on the path of openness and joy.
- We lift in heartfelt prayer the families of the seven men in Saudi Arabia who were executed by beheading for stealing, in spite of the appeal by the United Nations that the punishment be withheld, as the men had not been given fair trials and that they had been tortured into confessing.
- We lift in heartfelt prayer Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the newly-elected Pope Francis I, as he begins to walk this new path in his spiritual journey, answering calling to lead the Roman Catholic Church throughout this world.
- We lift in heartfelt prayer all those victims of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, India, Iraq, and Syria. Most especially we remember the women and children who suffer as the result of archaic laws which fail to recognize them as persons with rights.
- We lift in heartfelt prayer the young Tunisian cigarette vendor, Adel Khedhri, who died after setting himself on fire on Tuesday in Tunis, Tunisia, as a protest against his government's policies, as the still-fragile democracy struggles to bring peace and justice to the nation.
- We remember with heartfelt sadness the 27 forest elephants killed by poachers in Cameroon as the demand for ivory in Asia drives the world market for this resource.
- We hold in heart the people of Kenya where the man claiming the presidency, Uhuru Kenyatta, had been charged by the ICC with organizing attacks between rival ethnic groups during the 2007 election.
- We hold in heart the people of El Salvador as they pray for the success of the delicate truce between the two major street gangs who have been responsible for much of the violence in the city of San Salvador and surrounding areas.
- We lift our hearts to you, Beloved One, as this season of Lent gently sweeps across our sluggish and sleeping hearts, asking that you will awake within us a greater love for you and for one another.
Let it be so, Gracious God; let it be so.
Amen ________________________________________________________________________________________________ World in Prayer is a ministry of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist Lodi, California, USA, and is written by a team of writers representing different denominations throughout the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. |
