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Verse of the Day: Oppressions
02-23-2011
"Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. Look, the tears of the oppressed -- with no one to comfort them!
Voice of the Day: Dag Hammarskjold
02-23-2011
"In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action."
- Dag Hammarskjold
Voice of the Day: Flannery O'Connor
02-22-2011
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
- Flannery O'Connor
Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for the Unemployed
02-22-2011
God, today we remember those who are still unemployed and those who have recently lost jobs.
Verse of the Day: Money as a Root of Evil
02-22-2011
"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains."
Verse of the Day: 'Happy are those who observe justice'
02-21-2011
"Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times."
- Psalm 106:3
Voice of the Day: Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia
02-21-2011
"Peace for humanity is not only the absence of war, or the end of violence.
Prayer of the Day:A Prayer for Refugees and Exiles
02-21-2011
Lord, no one is a stranger to you and no one is ever far from your loving care.
Verse of the Day: Without Love 'I gain nothing'
02-18-2011
"If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing."
- 1 Corinthians 13:3
Voice of the Day: Frederick Douglass
02-18-2011
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.Those who profess to favor freedom yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without thunder or lig
Verse of the Day: We are Made in God's Image
02-17-2011
"Then God said, 'Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over
Prayer of the Day: To those who are hungry
02-17-2011
God our creator, to those who are hungry and thirsty, give food and drink. To those who are not hungry and thirsty, give a hunger and thirst for justice. Amen.
Verse of the Day: Give to the poor
02-16-2011
"The young man said to him, 'I have kept all these; what do I still lack?' Jesus said to him, 'If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you wil
Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for Teachers
02-16-2011
God, we pray for our teachers. Enable them, both by word and by example, to lead their pupils to desire goodness and to delight in beauty.
Voice of the Day: Wendell Berry
02-16-2011
"The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope. "
Prayer of the Day: A prayer for affordable housing
02-15-2011
Lord God of all, we pray for our neighbors in need of safe and affordable housing, and for the many families in danger of home foreclosure or mourning the loss of their homes.
Verse of the Day: Pursue Justice
02-15-2011
"Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you."
- Deuteronomy 16:20
Voice of the Day: Penny Lernoux
02-15-2011
"You can look at a slum or a peasant village, but it is only by entering into the world -- by living in it -- that you begin to understand what it is like to be powerless, to be like Christ."
Prayer of the Day: Returning God's Love
02-14-2011
God, may we not just know your love, but live your love in our daily lives. Love for you, love for each other, and love for ourselves -- knowing we are covered by your grace in our efforts.