At a Meeting for Worship for Healing on February 11, 2024, Leslie Manning led us in the following:
Prayer by Maya Angelou (call and response)
Father, Mother, God,
Thank you for your presence
during the hard and mean days.
For then we have you to lean upon.
For this we give thanks
Thank you for your presence
during the bright and sunny days,
for then we can share that which we have
with those who have less.
For this we give thanks
And thank you for your presence
during the Holy Days, for then we are able
to celebrate you and our families
and our friends.
For this we give thanks
For those who have no voice,
we ask you to speak.
We ask your mercy.
For those who feel unworthy,
we ask you to pour your love out
in waterfalls of tenderness.
We ask your mercy.
For those who live in pain,
we ask you to bathe them
in the river of your healing.
We ask your mercy.
For those who are lonely, we ask
you to keep them company.
We ask your mercy.
For those who are depressed,
we ask you to shower upon them
the light of hope.
We ask your mercy.
Dear Creator, You, the borderless
sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the
world that which we need most—Peace.
Amen