Praying for Peace and Justice on February 1, 2026
Dear God,
We pray for those who are suffering in the cold because of lack of shelter in our society which turns away from housing needs of the poor, of immigrants, of lgbtq youth turned out of their families, of elderly who can’t afford their housing as they age.
We pray for those who are suffering in the cold because they want to be outside to protect their immigrant neighbors from out of control ICE agents, who are listening to leaders who want to get rid of brown people from our country, even if they have legal status.
We pray for those who are suffering in the cold due to mental illness or addictions which make them unwilling to enter shelters, or unable to follow the rules of those places of refuge.
We pray for those in power whose hearts have frozen in the cold, unwilling or able to find the heart to reach out and help all those in the cold.
We pray to keep our hearts unfrozen.
In Jesus’ name, AMEN.