Prayer for the Day
A prayer for strength
As the rising of the sun announces a new day, may your mercy and peace give us the strength we need for this day and all that lies ahead.
Like a beam of light through a cracked door, brightening a darkened room, may your joy come to illumine our sorrow and suffering.
Life-giving God, shine the light of your love this day. Amen.
Alternative Prayer for the Day
A prayer that God breathe love into our prayers
Blessed Lord, lifting up your hands perpetually for all humankind, by your Spirit, breathe such love into our prayers, that they may be taken into yours and prevail with yours. Amen.
A prayer for prisons
Creator God, you teem in every prison space and in every story; prisoner, victim, family and staff. Your light breaks through the cracks in our broken vessels and the diversity of multi-faith prison chaplaincy. You know the loss that separation brings, yet offer hope that healing is accessible to hurting people and people who cause hurt. Guide your Church toward being a model for institutions that act justly and do not impose harm. See us, Mother of Nature, and forgive our failing to love with the sort of balance Jesus practised. Let us happily carry our share of injustice so that our ministries may relate to the people we are called to serve. Amen.
Leon Dundas, Managing Chaplain and Care/TRIM Team, HMP Exeter
A Prayer for LGBT+ History Month
Shared with us by Pam Gold, coordinator for the Methodist LGBT+ Solidarity Circle.
