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 from Pope Francis for Immigrants
Praying for Peace and Justice on April 27, 2025 Merciful God, we pray to you for all the men, women and children who have died after leaving their homelands in search of a better life. Though many of their graves bear no name, to you each one is known, loved and cherished.May we never forget them, but honour their sacrifice with deeds more than words. We entrust to you all those who have made this journey, enduring fear, uncertainty and humiliation, in order to reach a place of safety and hope. Just as you never abandoned your Son as he…
A Prayer for Our Immigrants
Praying for Peace and Justice on April 20, 2025 My prayer for peace this morning is to acknowledge that our true peace comes by knowing that we are all children of God and that Jesus showed us how to live in a trusting faith in God‘s love and care for we know that nothing can separate us from God‘s love. My prayer for justice is for all of the immigrants in our country for all of their families, friends communities I pray that the legal system is fair that they be treated with compassion and respect, and that the chaos…
A Prayer for Justice, Healing and Hope in Nicaragua
Praying for Peace and Justice on April 6, 2025 Let us pray: Holy One, We lift up the people of Nicaragua—those who have suffered torture, persecution, and exile. We pray for the healing of trauma experienced by all victims and their families. We pray for justice and reparations, and that those responsible for these crimes be held accountable, so that such violations never happen again. We also pray for the torturers, and for those who gave the orders. May their hearts be pierced with remorse, and may they repent. Protect the hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans now in exile, many…
A Prayer to know God as we do what is ours to do
Praying for Peace and Justice on March 30, 2025 Holy Breath of All Life, in a time of great turmoil, we pray you to make yourself known to each heart in this place and in every corner of your creation. In turn we bring ourselves to you on this Sabbath day. You know our day of rest and adoration is also filled with sorrow, horror, and insecurity. We cry out to you as the government of our country is acting contrary to your law which you planted in our hearts. Our hearts which threaten to break. The horror of buildings…
A Four-fold Franciscan Blessing
Praying for Peace and Justice on March 16, 2025 May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love deep within your heart. May God bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom, and peace among all people. May God bless you with the gift of tears to shed with those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, or the loss of all that they cherish, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them…