Prayer Offered for December 7, 2020

Gracious and mysterious God of all, today we come into Your presence with gratitude for our past, sincere prayers for our present, and a hopeful outlook for our future.

Pearl Harbor Day of Remembrance reminds us of those who sacrificed their lives to keep us safe in the past. Those many lives lost and the witness of their families allowed for the transformation of harsh conflict into freedom and peace for many.

We come to this day heavy hearted for all those afflicted in body or spirit because of the coronavirus pandemic. We ask You to grant relief to the elderly, who depend on the gentleness and kindness of others to care for them; The young, who find themselves separated from their schoolmates in less than ideal learning situations; Essential workers, in health care, education, food production, security, who risk their own health to meet our daily needs; And those who are losing hope, not seeing how they can survive the spiritual and economic effects of this pandemic.

Gracious God, today, as we begin this session of the Legislature, give comfort and peace to our Senators and their staff as they work to discover new and surprising solutions to the mounting challenges ahead. Give them political courage to create laws that benefit the common good. Give them broad vision and holy wisdom to help them persevere through days of uncertainty and struggle. And each day, may they hear You speak words of encouragement in the depths of their hearts. L.R. Knost wrote:

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world.

All things break. And all things can be mended.

Not with time, but with intention.

So, go now. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally.

This broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.—AMEN.

(L.R. Knost)

Prayer Offered By: 
Senator-elect Laird, written by Sr. Michelle Gorman, RSM
Prayer Date: 
Monday, December 7, 2020
Prayer Status: 
Archived