THE COMPANIONS

JOIN US IN PRAYER

Every month Companions receive a small booklet in the mail, the Intercession Paper. Day by day, we turn its pages, praying with our Companions. The prayers concern needs big and small, thanksgivings, and the aims of the Society. Each day of the week has a theme.

 

In this monthly feature of our blog, we select some prayers from this month’s IP, as it is called. If you’re so inclined, please join Companions in reaching out in love through prayer.

 

COVER

Most Holy One, you made us in your own

image and likeness.

You make us glad in our share of the splendor

of your bounty.

As seasons come and go, you continually restore

and recreate us to become the Easter people

you would want us to be.

Strengthen and inspire us that we may rise daily,

and joyfully participate in your redeeming love for the world.

With grateful hearts for your unbounded love,

we pray in the name of the Risen Christ.

 

Harriet Kollin, SCHC

Philadelphia Chapter

 

THANKSGIVINGS: SUNDAY AND EVERY DAY

With grateful hearts we offer thanksgiving:

For new structures on old, solid foundations

For the wonder of new means to worship together

For the devotion and skill of new administrators

For nourishment and fun in new venues

For the delight of joining with visitors, sojourners, and Companions new and old, in our house of joy

and hospitality.

We thank you, Lord, and bless your holy Name.

 

Laura Drum, SCHC

Lehigh Valley Chapter

“New Life at Adelynrood Arising from the Ashes of COVID”

 

MONDAY: SIMPLICITY OF LIFE

’Tis the gift to be simple … when true simplicity is gained … we come ’round right. Simple Gifts

A gift that is hard to reach;

a goal for all of us, a jewel that we seek.

 

Help me to find simplicity in this world of status and consumption. Help me to see the simple things: warm soup shared with others, the bird on the feeder, the crocus breaking through the ground, God’s love helping us to find simplicity in this life.

 

Annette van Hilst, SCHC

Potomac River Chapter

 

TUESDAY: UNITY OF ALL GOD’S PEOPLE

Lord God, how magnificent and inspiring is your creation; your diverse and intricate plant life, varied species of wildlife, and yes, the breadth of our human population. Help us to see and celebrate all as your unique creation, and by doing so turn from polarizing division to affirmation of your mosaic of creation.

 

Pam Van Siclen, SCHC

Hartford Chapter

 

WEDNESDAY: SOCIAL JUSTICE

The masses of men live with their backs constantly against the wall. They are the poor, the disinherited, the dispossessed. What does our religion say to them? The search for an answer to this question is perhaps the most important religious quest of modern life. (Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited)

 

Jesus, as we walk the way of the cross with you to Calvary, to the grave, and to the Resurrection, may we look into the eyes of those whose “backs are against the wall,” as you did—with love.

 

Ethel Wright, SCHC

Atlanta Chapter

 

THURSDAY: PEACE AND RECONCILIATION

From this world of war, we pray for peace.

Peace for the frightened children,

For the hungry or wounded,

For those who have lost their homes,

For cities, places of worship, and schools destroyed,

For those who must become strangers in a

strange land,

For those who are fighting for a better world,

For those who keep your image in their hearts

and pray.

 

Mary Perlin, SCHC

Philadelphia Chapter

 

FRIDAY: GROWTH IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

God of all grace, our creator and guardian who longs for our heedfulness: You patiently attend to us every second of every day. Please open our hearts and minds to your ever-present love and care, and draw us in to spend quiet time with you, more and more, being always mindful of you, as you are of us.

 

Joy Kiser, SCHC

Charles River Chapter

 

SATURDAY: PRAYERS PERSONAL AND GENERAL

While in my heart I may pray for social justice, please, dear God, open my eyes to actually see and recognize the injustices right around me. Please give me the courage to speak up and strength to take action, to do whatever I am able to help eliminate them.

 

Judith Goff, SCHC

Minnesota Chapter

 

 

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