Our Father who art in heaven
hallowed by thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, he began with these words. We pray them every Sunday in the Eucharist. We call God our Father. We affirm that we are all part of the human family that God loves. We long for the world to be “full of the knowledge of glory the Lord as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14), free from injustice, violence, division and death. We pray that God’s kingdom of love, peace and justice would come and God’s will would be done on earth as it is in heaven.
hallowed by thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, he began with these words. We pray them every Sunday in the Eucharist. We call God our Father. We affirm that we are all part of the human family that God loves. We long for the world to be “full of the knowledge of glory the Lord as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14), free from injustice, violence, division and death. We pray that God’s kingdom of love, peace and justice would come and God’s will would be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Prince of Peace on Earth by Kreg Yingst, used with permission.
In the past, we have participated in a global prayer movement from the Feast of the Ascension to Pentecost, praying the two great prayers of the Church, “Thy kingdom come” and “Come Holy Spirit.” This year, as we have witnessed the horrors unfolding in Gaza, we decided to focus our prayers and actions there for these ten days. To pray specifically for Gaza in this time is not to ignore or dismiss the pain happening in other places. To the contrary, when we open our hearts to God in focused prayer and “pray with our feet,” i.e. take small steps to act in concert with our prayers, we find that our capacity for loving action continues to expand.
With the 24/7 news cycle and endless doomscrolling, the overwhelming needs of the world can paralyze us. So let us begin somewhere. There is value in having a focus for a set period of time to break our paralysis and despair and join together in “doing small things with great love” (Mother Teresa).
In this guide, you will find prayers, suggestions for actions, poetry and other resources to help you take even just one small step. Don’t try to do everything! You may find just one prayer that you pray every day for these ten days. Or take just one action. Look up one resource. Give to one need.
With the 24/7 news cycle and endless doomscrolling, the overwhelming needs of the world can paralyze us. So let us begin somewhere. There is value in having a focus for a set period of time to break our paralysis and despair and join together in “doing small things with great love” (Mother Teresa).
In this guide, you will find prayers, suggestions for actions, poetry and other resources to help you take even just one small step. Don’t try to do everything! You may find just one prayer that you pray every day for these ten days. Or take just one action. Look up one resource. Give to one need.
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Our guide contains simple prayers, actions and resources to stay engaged.
We begin on Ascension to ground us in the reminder that Christ has ascended to the right hand of the Father and is always interceding for us, with us. We too are seated in the heavenly places with him (Ephesians 2:6). It is from that place we begin.
And so friends, let us pray.
Click below for the prayer and action guide.
And so friends, let us pray.
Click below for the prayer and action guide.
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