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A Prayer for the End of Violence in Palestine and Israel
As we wake again to news that war has broken out in Israel and Palestine, our hearts are heavy. We offer this prayer originally posted on July 21, 2014.
A Prayer for Victims and Families of Earthquakes in Iran
Two earthquakes in northwest Iran on Saturday, August 11, 2012, have killed 300 people and injured 2,600 more, according to reports from Reuters and other news agencies.
The first quake registere…
A Prayer for Victims and Families after Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
On 6 February 2023, an earthquake hit southern and central Turkey, and northern and western Syria with a magnitude of at least 7.8. It was followed by more than 1,000 aftershocks, including an unusu…
A Prayer for Exploited Working Children in India
In an article in The New York Times, Gardiner Harris reveals that 28 million children between the ages of 6 and 14 are working in mines, factories, construction sites, shops, and farms in India. Thi…
A Prayer for Monarch Butterflies
In an article in The New York Times, Lincoln Brower and Homero Aridjis note the winter monarch colonies near Mexico City have shrunk considerably. Between 1993 and 2003, they covered an average of 2…
A Prayer to Honor American Nuns
In an article in The New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof reported on Pope Benedict's reprimand and criticism of American nuns and the organization that represents 80% of them. The Vatican lam…
A Prayer for Africa's Elephants
In an article in The New York Times, Jeffrey Gettleman reported on the recent shooting of 22 elephants including several very young ones in the Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Co…
A Prayer for Suicide Victims
Newspapers, magazines, and television reports deliver the story of another suicide: a famous filmmaker leaps to his death off a bridge, a college student exposed by classmates as being gay takes his…
A Prayer for Those Suffering as a Result of the Cuts in the Food Stamp Program
Compassionate One, our hearts go out this day to the one in seven Americans – 47 million people – who are buying and eating less because of cuts in the food stamp program.
Fact: The largest …
A Prayer for the Mudslide Victims in Brazil
The Boston Globe reports on the devastation in Brazil in mid-January 2011: "Last week, a series of flash floods and mudslides struck the Serrana mountain region near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, destroyi…