Prayer Calendar

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Oxford and their priest, the Rev. David Hanselman, and the people of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Port Leyden and their priest, the Rev. Heather Benson. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Northern Indiana and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Doug Sparks. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea and their primate, the Right Rev. Nathan Ingen. A Prayer Against Gun Violence God, our hearts are broken with pain at the senseless deaths caused by gun violence. Families mourn, children live in fear, and some in our nation respond by arming themselves with more guns with greater capacity to end life. Our disconnection and alienation has caused some to turn to guns for protection and safety. We ask that you touch our hearts with your love, heal our brokenness, and turn us away from violence toward peace. Help us to transform our own hearts and to seek peaceful ways of resolving our differences. Let our hands reach out and connect with those who feel alone, those who live in fear, and those suffering from mental illness. Let our voices be raised asking our legislators to enact gun laws to protect all in our society, especially those most vulnerable. Let our pens write messages demanding change while also scripting words of hope and transformation. We ask this in the name of the God who desires that we live together in peace. Amen.  From the Sisters of Mercy

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. James Episcopal Church in Pulaski and their priest, the Rev. Shelly Banner, and the people of Zion Episcopal Church in Rome. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Northwest Texas and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Brent Alawas. A Prayer Against Gun Violence Let us remember all who have been harmed by violence. We acknowledge the strength to those who survived and of those still struggling to heal. For their sake and for ours, we commit ourselves to building each other up and to healing – together. Let us remember the families and loved ones of those who have died from gun violence. We acknowledge their pain and their deep grief. They too, are part of our community and need our love and help towards healing. Let us remember the perpetrators, and the families of those who commit violence. We acknowledge that their lives, too, are devastated and their hopes dashed. For their sake and for ours, we remember that pain goes in many directions from each act of violence. We will stand up to violence. We stand together expressing our unity, our connection to each other and to the divine; our hope for healing and for transformation. Let the Spirit of our Creator move through us. Help us to transform and heal our communities. And let us begin by transforming ourselves. Amen. https://www.blessed-midland.org/

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Trinity Episcopal Church in Seneca Falls and their priest, The Rev. J. Brad Benson, and the people of the Church of the Epiphany in Sherburne. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of Eglise Anglicane du Rwanda and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Laurent Mbanda. A Prayer Against Gun Violence Let us lament with all those who are touched by gun violence Let us lament the shooter’s choice for violence Let us lament laws that allow violent men easy access to guns Let us lament our politicians’ unwillingness to work for change Let us lament with the hearts broken by loss today. Let us lament all the lives cut short today Let us lament, O God, and then let us rise from our knees to work for change In the name of Christ, the prince of peace. Amen. The Rev. Dr. Ellen Clark-King, Executive Pastor and Canon for Social Justice

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Gethsemane Episcopal Church, Sherrill and their priest, the Rev. Georgina Hegney, and the people of St. James' Episcopal Church, Skaneateles and their clergy, the Rev. Joe Mitchell and the Rev. Deacon Chuck Stewart. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Ohio, their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Anne Jolly. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Scottish Episcopal Church and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Mark Strange. A Prayer Against Gun Violence Loving God, you are the author and sustainer of our lives. You know the anguish of the sorrowful, you are attentive to the prayers of the brokenhearted. Hear your people who cry out to you in their need; strengthen their hope in your lasting goodness.  We pray today for those who have died because of violence, of terrorism. Draw them to yourself; let your face shine upon them. May they be greeted with choirs of angels and experience your eternal peace and joy.  Be near to all those who have been touched by violence: those who have been hurt, lost their loved ones or lost their sense of security. Be for them a steady comfort and safe resting place.  Soften the hearts and steady of the minds of those who would do violence to others. May hate be replaced with love, violence with peace and darkness with your light. Amen. https://www.blessed-midland.org/

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Slaterville Springs, and the people of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, South New Berlin, and their priest, The Rev. Steve White. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Oklahoma and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Poulson C. Reed, Jr. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of Church of the Province of South East Asia and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Melter Jiki Tais. A Prayer Against Gun Violence O guiding Shepherd and Refuge from the raging storm, we seek the comfort and consolation of your warm embrace and sheltering care from the violence that swarms around and within us. Everywhere we turn we’re told that vengeance and war are the cure for the wrongs waged against us. We are a culture prone and addicted to violence and in need of a disciplined recourse of withdrawal from this dangerous drug. Lord, help us and rescue us. Amen. https://www.blessed-midland.org/

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. John's Episcopal Church, Speedsville, and their priest, the Rev. Patricia Kinney, and the people of St. St. Mark the Evangelist Episcopal Church, Syracuse, and their priest, the Rev. Jon White. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Olympia and their bishop, the Most Reverend Melissa Skelton. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of The Church of South India (United) and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. A. Dharmaraj Rasalam. A Prayer Against Gun Violence Christ, you wept over a city. We are in deepest despair. As we weep over the dead and injured killed by guns, in anguish, we recognize the blood stains of hatred. We hear the sounds of fear, the echoes of gunshots — once again, once again. Christ, you came to bring us peace. We turn to you in overwhelming sorrow. How can we end this nightmare of violence? How can we build a world of inclusion, of solidarity? Give us the grace to reflect deeply and to work ceaselessly to heal the hearts; to stop the guns; to cherish all God’s children. Christ, you endured violent suffering to bring us light. We pray for the dead, may they rest in peace. We pray for the wounded, may they find healing. We pray for our nation, may we end the hate. We pray for our global family, may we learn we are one. Amen. Education for Justice

In our parishes, we pray for the people of The Church of the Saviour & Grace Episcopal Church, Syracuse, and their priest, the Rev. Steven Moore. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Pennsylvania and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Daniel G.P. Gutierrez. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Dr. Thabo Makgoba. A Prayer Against Gun Violence God, comforter of the broken and disheartened, we come to you plagued with an agonized grief after yet one more outbreak of senseless gun violence. We come to you, from the East to the West, from the North to the South, people of all ages, ethnicities, and walks of life. We represent one voice, the voice of bitter weeping echoing throughout our cities and resounding in communities throughout the world. As violence abounds, we sit in the darkness, sitting alongside the suffering on the mourner’s bench. We are Rachel, mourning with wordless sobs, the lives of those sacrificed on the altar of violence. We are Rachel, weeping for the wounded, for those whose minds and bodies are etched with painful memories of men’s unjustifiable rage. We are Rachel, lamenting with the families who have lost loved ones whose cries of despair join with those from tragedies of gun violence. We are Rachel, perplexed with troubled souls, and searching for answers, seeking to understand what would cause humans to inflict pain on their fellow sisters and brothers. We are Rachel, exasperated, grasping—crying out, “How long, O God?” How long will this wave of violence consume your people? Education for Justice

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Syracuse and their priest, the Rev. Julie Calhoun-Bryant, and the people of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Syracuse and their priest, the Rev. Philip Major. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Ketlen A. Solak. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the The Anglican Church of South America and their prime bishop, the Rt. Rev. Nicholas Drayson. A Prayer Against Gun Violence Gracious God, inspire us with the gift of Shalom, the gift of wholeness and the promise of your presence. Give us wisdom to seek nonviolence as an answer to the violence of our lives and world. Give us courage to seek wholeness in a fractured and divided world, to find reconciliation rather than revenge, to abandon the instruments of violence and death and entrust our lives, our homes, our ministries and our families to you. May your presence fill us and others with the thirst for unity, wholeness, and the desire to see all people valued as created in your image and likeness. May we, and others, receive your Shalom that we be faithful instruments of your love and peace in our world today. Amen. https://www.blessed-midland.org/

In our parishes, we pray for the people of the Church of the Epiphany in Trumansburg and their priest, the Rev. April Stace, and the people of Grace Episcopal Church in Utica and their priest, the Rev. Christine Williams-Belt. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Puerto Rico and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Rafael L. Morales Maldonado. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Justin Badi Arama. A Prayer Against Gun Violence Rescue us from ourselves; our self-absorbed anxieties that overwhelm us with destructive behavior and suicidal tendencies. Release us from a fear and hatred of others that garner our need for guns as a means of protection and insulation from them. Breathe in us your Spirit that radiates life and hope; that enables us to interact positively with others and live as emissaries of your peace. Enable us to take delight in you, O Lord, for you are the desire of our hearts. Amen. https://www.blessed-midland.org/

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Waterloo and their priest, the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haugaard, and the people of Trinity Episcopal Church in Watertown and their priest, the Rev. Molly Payne-Hardin. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Rhode Island and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Ezekiel Kondo. A Prayer Against Gun Violence Grant us, O God, the will to turn all weapons of individual or mass destruction into tools of global sustainability and medical advancement. Inspire in us the courage to rid our streets of gang warfare and stray bullets; to rid our homes of domestic violence and accidental shootings; to rid our neighborhoods of police brutality and our highways of racial profiling; to rid our bodies and environment of toxic abuse and our world of international conflict. Grant every individual a faith in you that affirms your likeness in all humanity and creation, and that never again uses religion as a sword severing anyone from an ultimate sense of worth and dignity. Enable us again, O God, to worship you with an ever burning faith that melts the metal of all vengeance, weaponry and war. Make us instruments of your justice, compassion and peace that your Kingdom may come, and Your Will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Amen. https://www.blessed-midland.org/

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Christ Episcopal Church, Willard, and their priest The Rev. Lesley Adams, and the people of Zion Episcopal Church, Windsor, and their priest The Rev. Geoff Doolittle. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Rio Grande and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Michael Buerkel Hunn. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Anglican Church of Tanzania and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Dr Maimbo Mndolwa. A Prayer Against Gun Violence Let us be at peace with our bodies and our minds. Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves. Let us be aware of the source of being, common to us all and to all living things. Evoking the presence of the Great Compassion, let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings. Let us pray that we ourselves cease to be the cause of suffering to each other. With humility, with the awareness of the existence of life, and the sufferings that are going on around us, let us practice the establishment of peace in our hearts and on earth. Amen. https://www.blessed-midland.org/

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Adams and their priest, the Rev. Jon Lavelle, and the people of St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Afton and their priest, the Very Rev. David Hanselman. In the Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Rochester and their Bishop Provisional, the Rt. Rev. Stephen Lane. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Church of the Province of Uganda and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba. A Prayer Against Gun Violence Gracious Lord who loves us so perfectly, help us to better love you and each other. We weep for the gun violence that kills children and so many others, where guns replaced prayers and homes without you bred frustration. May hearts be changed through your Holy Spirit that justice, mercy, money and, yes, even guns might be used rightly under Heaven, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen. Episcopal Diocese of Newark