Prayer Offered for March 23, 2015

            President Obama just declared March 31^st as a national commemoration of “Cesar Chavez." Let us come together for a moment of silence and listen to Cesar’s own words:

“Show me the suffering of the most miserable;

So I will know my people’s plight.

Free me to pray for others;

For you are present in every person.

Help me take responsibility for my own life;

So that I can be free at last.

Grant me courage to serve others;

For in service there is true life.

Give me honesty and patience;

So that I can work with other workers.

Bring forth song and celebration;

So that the Spirit will be alive among us.

Let the Spirit flourish and grow;

So that we will never tire of the struggle.

Let us remember those who have died for justice;

For they have given us life.

Help us love even those who hate us;

So we can change the world.─AMEN.”

^{(Cesar E. Chavez, UFW Founder, 1927-1993)}