A Prayer for Today

God of us all,
Christian and Buddhist, Jewish and Muslim,
Hindu, Jain, Sikh, and Zoroastrian, Bahá’í and Agnostic and Pagan:
You made us all, unique in our ways of understanding
yet one in our humanity.

At this time of celebrating Inter Faith Week,
we sometimes address you with different names,
but we share an understanding of our rootedness in you.

As Creator of all, 
you made day and night and all the hours in between;
you created storms and calm and fire and breeze.
You made diversity, 
and you made it to be good.

As the God who understands my words and my thoughts
and those of my neighbour that I do not:
Remind me again that you hear us all,
and you made us all to love.

Finally, God who makes us each unique yet one:
remind us again that by working through difference
we can catch a glimpse of your infinite love 
that our own definitions alone couldn’t fathom.

Amen. 

Faithful God, thank you for the light that never fails even in seasons of darkness.
You know all that we carry, especially the moments when hope feels thin,
yet you continually meet us with gentleness and love.
Where relationships are strained, bring healing.
Where hearts are weary, breathe strength.
Where joy has faded, spark it back to life.
Help us notice the quiet gifts in each day – the people who stand with us, the love that shapes us, the grace that restores us.
May gratitude rise within us, and may we journey forwards held by your enduring love. Amen.

Try us, O Lord, as silver is tried, knowing that you cannot err, believing that you do all things well and that your mercies are without number.