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For peace in Palestine, Ukraine, Yemen, and Syria…
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For all victims of gun violence, particularly in Philadelphia, PA; Washington D.C.; Fort Value, TX; Salisbury, MD; and Hayward, CA…
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For college kids and for larger schooling professionals as they reply to and adapt to new legislative actions…
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For police protests in France and for all who advocate for racial justice around the globe…
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For security and aid in areas of america experiencing excessive warmth…
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For these struggling heavy rains, flooding, and warmth waves in China and the Asia Pacific area…
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For areas nonetheless scuffling with compromised air high quality on account of fires and air pollution…
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For the continuing results of local weather change and for elevated compassion for our earth…
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For cover and mercy upon all who journey, out of necessity or for pleasure…
Occasions and observances:
Month-to-month observances in July: Incapacity Satisfaction Month, BIPOC Psychological Well being Consciousness Month
Jan Hus, martyr, died 1415 (July 6)
Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, died round 540 (July 11)
Nathan Söderblom, Bishop of Uppsala, died 1931 (July 12)
Bartolomé de Las Casas, missionary to the Indies, died 1566 (July 17)
Prayers from ELCA assets:
A prayer for many who undergo for the sake of conscience (ELW pg. 80)
God of faithfulness, you bless those that are persecuted. Strengthen those that undergo for the sake of conscience. When they’re accused, save them from talking in hate; when they’re rejected, save them from bitterness; when they’re imprisoned, save them from despair. Give us grace to respect their witness and to discern the reality, that our society could also be cleansed and strengthened; for the sake of our merciful and righteous choose, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A prayer for the well-being of creation (ACS pg. 47)
Creator God, who set the celebrities of their locations and directs the course of the planets; who robed this earth with a skinny garment of air, making it a haven of magnificence and life; who breathed into every of us the breath of life: We thanks for the present of air. Create in us such a way of marvel and delight on this and in all of your presents that we obtain them with gratitude, look after them with love, and generously share them with all of your creatures, to the distinction and glory of your holy identify. Amen.