Prayer

All-wise Creator,

As our Muslim neighbors and colleagues begin the season of Ramadan this evening, we all take time to reflect on the state of our spirits and to pray for a greater sense of community, unity, and a shared pursuit of the common good. In a culture particularly prone to amplify speech that pollutes our connections as one human family, help us regain the wisdom of silence and make us willing to purify our discourse together. May we hunger for your word above all else, that we might embody its life-giving power in ways that promote your vision of health and well-being for all. Amen.

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God who sees all,

We know your plans for us are good and true. Yet setbacks and diversions can also make us question the direction we’re heading. Build our trust and dependence on you in such moments. Send us friends and partners who can support us in our various journeys. Help us be open to new discoveries that may be waiting for us, if only we are willing to work with your grace and grow through the changes. For all those who are especially gripped by doubt or fear today as they face the unknown, send us to accompany them with a spirit of compassion and peace. Amen.

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Divine healer,

We are grateful to serve as partners with you in this incredible ministry of healing! You have blessed us with the gifts of knowledge and insight, enabling us to extend a rich tradition of healing, cure, and care. As caregivers, physicians, technicians, responders, and so many others unite their skills in service to our mission, may they be more inspired and more effective in the good work they are doing, in your name and for your glory. Amen.

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Everlasting Peace,

Our worry about the future can often grow far out of proportion, as we catastrophize and spend our time envisioning any and every unfavorable outcome. Heal us of such unhealthy patterns of thought, which lead us to focus on ourselves while neglecting the needs of others. May we cultivate instead a deep sense of joy for the gifts you have already given, that we might look to the future with faith, hope, and love. For our own sake, and the sake of all those you send us to serve, we pray. Amen.

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Loving God,

Your teaching is hard! And on our own merit, impossible. Knowing our weakness, we invite your spirit to transform us more and more, that we might grow in practicing this kind of love, which is radically inclusive, wide enough to encompass even the darkness we encounter. At the same time, we know you do not send us into harm’s way on purpose. So we pray as well for colleagues facing challenging working conditions, who may even be fearful in their duties and service. May we support them better and do all that we can to protect them, working together to see your vision of love-in-community flourish among us. Amen.

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Merciful God,

As people of conscience and a ministry together, we invite you to fill us with the courage we need to enact our deepest commitments. May our mission go beyond words, as we commit to embody your healing compassion, bring good help to others, and advance the health and well-being of our patients and communities. No matter what our role or position, help us live into the connections between our own sense of purpose and the direction our ministry is headed. United in commitment, we pray. Amen.

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Creator God,

We do well these days to contemplate your goodness in creation, especially when there seems to be so much friction in our culture—as confusion, chaos, and uncertainty give us reason to wonder about the future. You invite us instead to pause, breathe, and reorient ourselves as creatures made in your image, called and equipped to preserve the good order you have designed. As you restore our sense of belonging to the world you made, empower us to do what we can to bring it more in alignment with your good purposes. Amen.