Prayers for the Week of May 31, 2026

Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed in worship Sunday, May 31, 2026:

Loving God,

in the beginning, you brooded over the waters,

and breathed life in to all that is.

the stars, sun, and moon;

the skies, the oceans, the dry ground we call home;

meadows and mountains;

and every living thing:

Flowers, and grasses, and trees;

birds to fill the skies;

fish that swim the seas.

You created us as an interconnected part of all creation.

With you, we take a breath,

and affirm the goodness of all you have made.

We give you thanks and praise.

Help us live into the rhythm you have set in motion in all things,

with time for creating, and time for restoring,

time for wakeful attention, and time for sleep,

time to dream, and time to do the things that we have dreamt.

Help us structure our lives and this world,

so that all creation might live, and breathe, and thrive.

Help us stop – stop from the swirl of busy lives,

stop participating in systems that harm and hurt,

stop our warring madness,

and help us live

for healing, for justice, and for peace.

We pray for those who are hurting today, for healing.

For those who hunger, food enough and more.

For those who are unhoused, and those on the move, safe shelter.

For those who mourn, comfort.

For those who are lonely, the company of kindred spirits.

Help us see ourselves woven together with every bit of creation,

our thriving and the thriving of those we love,

interconnected with, and dependent on, the thriving of all beings.

Standing in solidarity with all you have created,

with everyone in every place and time who has ever called on you,

we join our voices with theirs, praying the prayer that Jesus taught, saying:

Our Father/Mother, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

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