Each Sunday morning, bridging our informal gathering time, during which we share from our lives, and our formal worship time, a different person, usually from Seekers, offers a prayer for peace and justice. Each person chooses what to say, with no prompting or guidance from the coordinator other than to be brief, prayerful and focused on peace and justice. On this page, we offer the text of some of those prayers.
A Prayer for God’s Blessing on our Damaged World
Praying for Peace and Justice on May 17, 2026 Dear Lord, We come before you today to seek your blessing on our damaged and hurting world. We ask that you watch over our brothers and sisters of any country who continue to suffer the frenzy and confusion of war. Please stand alongside people of goodwill, on all sides, who wish for peace. Give them patience and hope; let them see a future of comfort and goodness, and let them find the courage to keep living lives which will build a world of wholeness for everyone. Blessed God, please allow the…
A Prayer for God’s Embrace of our Immigrant Neighbors
Praying for Peace and Justice on May 3, 2026 Let us pray: Lord of Peace and Justice, inspired by the call of Pope Francis, who reminds us that “every migrant who knocks on our door is an opportunity to encounter Jesus Christ,” We have witnessed how your immigrant sons and daughters live in fear of going out into the streets, how they have been beaten, imprisoned, and some murdered; separated families cry out to be reunited we also raise to you the anguish of exiles and refugees who live in uncertainty and constant fear, facing the risk of being deported…
A Prayer for the Breath of God
Praying for Peace and Justice on April 26, 2026 Let’s take a moment to arrive. Feel your feet on the ground…your body in the chair…your breath, just as it is. We come together this morning not as individuals carrying the weight alone,but as a circle—a living body of shared intention. We pray by releasing the illusionthat prayer alone takes care of everything, And that prayer may be all we can do at times. We are people who care deeply.And because we care, we can become impatient—wanting more justice,more clarity,more response, particularly in the way we want. But we are reminded,…
A Prayer of Gratitude for our Thumbs
Praying for Peace and Justice on April 19, 2026 To Properly Use One’s Thumbs – Ross Gay For braiding hair or brushing hair or untangling the knots in a friend’s, a beloved’s hair; for holding a pencil or a crayon or pen with which to write love notes as poems or recipes or hand-drawn maps or hand-written letters in envelopes which if and when they arrive we open sometimes with our thumbs; see more
A Prayer for the Middle East
Praying for Peace and Justice on April 12, 2026 Oh Holy Mystery, We come before You with heavy hearts, Seeing conflict where there should be pace, Fear where there should be safety, And division where there should be unity. Today, we lift up the Middle East and all places torn by war and unrest. Bring comfort to those who mourn, Protection to those in danger, And hope to those who feel forgotten. Soften hearts hardened by anger, Guide leaders toward wisdom and humility, And open paths for dialogue where walls have been built. Let understanding rise above hatred, And dignity…