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Prayer of the Day: For Our President
03-14-2011
Lord, we pray that you bless our president and members of Congress with wisdom and right judgment.
Verse of the Day: On Vanity
03-14-2011
"There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people who are treated according to the conduct of the wicked, and there are wicked people who are treated according to the
Voice of the Day: Margaret Fuller
03-14-2011
"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it."
- Margaret Fuller
Prayer of the Day: Praise for Righteous Victories
03-11-2011
Today we praise you for righteous victories. Thank you for the moments where justice is met, the hungry are fed, and the lonely are comforted. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Thomas
03-11-2011
"Let not the ghostly enemy find thee all idle, but that thou be reading, writing, praying devoutly, thinking, or some other good labour doing for the commonalty."
Verse of the Day: Forgiveness
03-11-2011
"If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered."
- Psalm 130:3-4
Verse of the Day: The Temptation of Jesus
03-10-2011
"And the Spirit immediately drove [Jesus] out into the wilderness.
Voice of the Day: Saint Therese of Lisieux
03-10-2011
"My joy is to love suffering. I smile in the midst of tears and receive with thanksgiving the thorns as well as the flowers."
- Saint Therese of Lisieux
Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for Parents
03-10-2011
God, we lift up parents. May children humble themselves before their mothers, fathers, and guardians. May parents serve their children with the love you serve us each day.
Voice of the Day: T.S. Eliot
03-09-2011
"Blessed sister, holy mother, spirit of the fountain, spirit of the garden,
Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood
Teach us to care and not to care
Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood
Teach us to care and not to care
Verse of the Day: Fasting for Justice
03-09-2011
"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
Prayer of the Day: For Educators and Students
03-09-2011
We pray for our students and our educators. May neither be lost in a system which is in dire need of reform, allowing each to flourish to their potential.
Voice of the Day: Wangari Maathai
03-08-2011
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. "
Verse of the Day: 'one in Christ Jesus'
03-08-2011
"There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus."
Prayer of the Day: Women's History Month
03-08-2011
We remember that March is Women's History Month. Thank you for all the cherished women in our lives and in our histories: mothers, sisters, friends and neighbors.
Prayer of the Day: Access to AIDS medication
03-07-2011
God, we pray for better access to AIDS medication for the marginalized. Move on the hearts of those able to provide funding and resources for life-giving treatment.
Verse of the Day: 'The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed'
03-07-2011
"The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Voice of the Day: John Dear
03-07-2011
"Although the Gospel invites us to stand with the blessed and become one of them, who among us wants to be poor, hungry, weeping, or persecuted?
Verse of the Day: Helping Others
03-04-2011
"You shall not watch your neighbour's ox or sheep straying away and ignore them; you shall take them back to their owner.
Prayer of the Day: Work for change
03-04-2011
In the strength of your spirit and inspired by your compassion, we make this promise to work for change which empowers the forgotten.