Short Prayers

These prayers presume you have read “Pray the News” and can be used in the gaps that happen in our daily life.

When you just missed the green Light

1. Recall the news item
2. Hold it in consciousness
3. Say a word to God

Waiting for the….bus/train/airplane

1. In a way that is not rude of offensive look at a face in the crowd and read the story written on it.
2. “The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals—and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust” (William Shakespeare)
3. Recall the news item
4. Hold it in consciousness
5. Say a word to God

Looking in the  mirror

1. Who is this stranger that I know so well?
2. Recall the news item
3. Hold it in consciousness.
4. What is the word God is saying to me?

On seeing a loved one in the distance

1. “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height. My soul can reach, — and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
2. Recall the news item
3. Hold it in consciousness
4. Say a word to your loved one