TGIF: Links 'n' Such
The Gubbio Project, which helps churches become refuges for homeless people throughout the U.S., recently earned a new fan: Author Anne Rice. "When I was in San Francisco, I visited St. Boniface Church in the Tenderloin and was moved by the sight of many peaceful homeless people sleeping in the pews of the church," Rice wrote on her Facebook.com page earlier this month. The author of the Vampire Lestat books and most recently the biblically-themed Christ the Lord novels and her spiritual memoir, Called Out of Darkness, provided her "people of the page" as she calls them, a link to the Gubbio Project where they could donate to "this fine work on the part of the Franciscans of St. Boniface in helping the homeless."
Prayer of the Day: Prisoners of War
God, we pray for soldiers and civilians who are being held in captivity all over this world: those we know about and those hidden from view.
Voice of the Day: Helen Prejean C.S.J.
"Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons."
Verse of the Day: Setting the prisoners free
"The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.
Voice of the Day: Thomas Aquinas
"Every truth without exception--and whoever may utter it--is from the Holy Spirit."
- Thomas Aquinas
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Verse of the Day: The Voice of Wisdom
"Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice.
Prayer of the Day: Horn of Africa
God, we lift up to you our brothers and sisters in the Horn of Africa. We hear the stories of struggle and hunger, and do not know what to do; so we cry out to you.
Voice of the Day: Madeleine L'Engle
"If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the sparrow. It's everybody."
- Madeleine L'Engle
Verse of the Day: The Least is the Greatest
"An argument arose among them as to which one of them was the greatest.
Prayer of the Day: Syria
Merciful God, we pray for our brothers and sisters in Syria experiencing ongoing political unrest and protests. Give strength to those who are weary, and comfort those who mourn.
Voice of the Day: Meister Eckhart
"Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make us holy, but we may make it holy."
- Meister Eckhart
Prayer of the Day: Prayer into Action
God, give me the words to pray, the tongue to speak, and the wisdom to act. Amen.
Verse of the Day: Lord of the harvest
"Do not fear, O soil; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things!
Prayer of the Day: Those Who Mourn
God, we pray for all the individuals and families in mourning.
Voice of the Day: Marianne Williamson
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
Verse of the Day: Dwelling with God
"Don' t let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith in me as well.
Voice of the Day: Catherine Cameron
"Help me to hold preciously / Seeds of doubt, / Seeds of fear.
Verse of the Day: 'Good news to the oppressed'
"The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; [The Lord] has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives,
Prayer of the Day: Terrorism
God, for all those who fear terrorism or have been hurt by terrorism, we pray the words of Jesus, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives.
Verse of the Day: Love Binds All Things
"Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body.
