Verse of the Day: 'Slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love'
The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The Lord is good to all,
and his compassion is over all that he has made.
Prayer of the Day: Haiti
Holy Spirit, we pray for the people of Haiti. Renew their land, and comfort their afflictions.
Voice of the Day: Abraham Lincoln
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
- Abraham Lincoln
Verse of the Day: 'Hope that is seen is not hope'
For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Voice of the Day: Muriel Lester
God has made of one blood all nations under heaven.
Verse of the Day: 'Do not rejoice when your enemies fall'
Do not rejoice when your enemies fall,
and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble.
- Proverbs 24:17
Prayer of the Day: HIV/AIDS
Jesus, we pray for all of those afflicted with HIV/AIDS. Provide them ARV drugs for their health, and may your church preach the truth regarding this disease.
Prayer of the Day: Education for Females
Open up paths for girls worldwide to pursue education, God of Truth. We pray for those who educate women, and for girls to have adequate school supplies.
Voice of the Day: Hubert Humphrey
This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth.
Verse of the Day: 'Increase our faith'
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in
Voice of the Day: Sharon Welch
Resistance to oppression is often based on a love that leads us to value ourselves, and leads us to hope for more than the established cultural system is willing to grant ...
Verse of the Day: 'Our daily bread'
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
- Matthew 6:11-12
Voice of the Day: Cesar Chavez
Every time we sit at a table ...
Prayer of the Day: Tajikistan
God of all cultures, we pray for the people of Tajikistan. May their land be a blessing for everyone living on it, and not just for a few powerful rulers.
Prayer of the Day: The Elderly
Loving Parent, we pray for the elderly among us who are vulnerable to abandonment and exploitation.
Voice of the Day: Dorothy Day
An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all.
- Dorothy Day
Verse of the Day: 'A woman came to him with an alabaster jar'
Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
Verse of the Day: 'You must not distort justice'
You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton
Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war.
Prayer of the Day: WIC Nutrition Program
Provide bread for all those who hunger, Our Bread of Life. May the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program (WIC) be strongly funded so that it may supply food for empty bellies.