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Voice of the Day: Joan Chittister
12-14-2012
True contemplatives, then, must do justice, must speak justice, must insist on justice. ... And so must we do whatever justice must be done in our time if we claim to be serious about sinking into the heart of God.
- Joan Chittister
-From Illuminated Life
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Voice of the Day: Henri Nouwen
12-13-2012
In our chatty world, in which the word has lost its power to communicate, silence helps us to keep our mind and heart anchored in the future world and allows us to speak from there a creative and recreative word to the present world.
- Henri J.M. Nouwen
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Prayer of the Day: Thanks
12-13-2012
Lord, we thank you for the central mystery of the Incarnation of God in the world, made manifest to us through the real presence of Christ, both once and forever.
-Adapted from The Province of Joy: Praying with Flannery O'Connor
Verse of the Day: 'They Are All the Work of God's Hands'
12-13-2012
Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn one who is righteous and mighty, who says to a king, "You scoundrel!" and to princess, "You wicked men!"; who shows no partiality to nobles, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of [God's] hands?
- Job 34:17-19
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Prayer of the Day: Portland
12-12-2012
Please pray for the victims of the shooting in Portland and their families. Pray for comfort and counsel, among other things.
Verse of the Day: 'Lover of Justice'
12-12-2012
Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is [God]! Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Psalm 99:3-4
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Voice of the Day: David Lim
12-12-2012
The measure of a society’s progress is not whether it can give more to those who have more, but whether it can provide enough to those who have less.
- David Lim
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Voice of the Day: Eugene V. Debs
12-11-2012
While there is a lower class I am in it, while there is a criminal element I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
- Eugene Debs
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Prayer of the Day: 'The Faithful'
12-11-2012
Lord, we give thanks for the faithful who have gone before us. Strengthen us by their witness of courage and help us live lives that might encourage those who long for the gift of faith. Amen.
Verse of the Day: 'Lord, Lord'
12-11-2012
Why do you call me "Lord, Lord," and do not do what I tell you?
- Luke 6:46
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Verse of the Day: 'Put Away Violence and Oppression'
12-10-2012
Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Cease your evictions of my people, says the Lord God.
- Ezra 45:9
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Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton
12-10-2012
Religious silence is silence that is undertaken as an act of worship. Whether I hear God or not makes no difference.
- Thomas Merton
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Prayer of the Day: 'Contemplative Activists'
12-10-2012
Lord, teach us to live as contemplative activists, trusting that your Spirit and your word provide all we need to dance with the angels on Jacob's ladder between heaven and earth. Amen.
-From Common Prayer
Verse of the Day:
12-09-2012
"You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.
- Matthew 1:1-8
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Prayer of the Day:
12-07-2012
Lord, we do not always rush to do your will. Often we tiptoe our way into obedience, dragging old habits and mindsets with us. Help us to delight at your voice and to trust that your calling is always good news. Amen.
-Adapted from Common Prayer
Voice of the Day: N.T. Wright
12-07-2012
To a nation bent on violence, anyone who claims to be speaking for God's kingdom and who advocates non-violent means as the way to it is making a very deep and dangerous political statement.
- N.T. Wright
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Verse of the Day: 'Righteousness and Justice are the Foundation'
12-07-2012
The LORD is king! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! Clouds and thick darkness are all around [God]; righteousness and justice are the foundation of [God's] throne.
- Psalm 97:1-2
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Voice of the Day: Susan Ross
12-06-2012
Jesus chose to be around small children a number of times in his ministry, often over the objections of his disciples. Sometimes he seems to have done this in order to hold children up as examples of the childlike qualitites that enable God's Realm. But maybe, sometimes, he just wanted to hold them.
- Susan Ross
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Verse of the Day: Little Children
12-06-2012
People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.’ And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.
- Mark 10:13-16
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Prayer of the Day: Little Children
12-06-2012
Lord Jesus Christ, you welcomed the little children to come unto you and invited us to come like them. Help us see how we can welcome children as you have welcomed us into your body. Amen.
-From Common Prayer