PRAYERS

paradoxical motherhood

Nothing but Mother

By Hannah Napier Rosenberg | August 23, 2023

After birth, I am all at once at home and out of place. Every task now a luxury of time. I want to spend all day with the baby, I want to spend all day alone. This month I have done nothing but mother, my body given in service to a tiny human I just…

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water prayer

A Water Prayer

By Katie Cassady | August 16, 2023

Nourishing God, You make water spring forth from the rock. We come to you hot and thirsty. We praise You for the many ways we are refreshed, body and soul, by the gift of water. The rush of running through a sprinkler, or wading ankle-deep in a mountain stream, is a delight to the senses!…

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september motherhood prayer

A Blessing for the September Mother

By Rebecca Smyth | August 9, 2023

A Blessing for the September Mother: Who doesn’t make enough memories Or lives for the bucket list Who misses the first day of school Or performs acrobatics to get it off work Who holds milestones and grief in the same hand Or relishes in routine Who feels nauseous with anxiety Or notices she can breathe again  Who despises making packed…

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God's provision in changing seasons

The Days Ahead: A Reminder for the Changing of Seasons

By Ashley Holston | May 17, 2023

I have tasted and seen that the Lord is good.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣So when I see a trial⁣⁣ an unexpected struggle⁣⁣ an unfamiliar season⁣⁣ a potentially hard thing⁣⁣ anything new⁣⁣ anything I’m not used to⁣⁣ ⁣⁣headed my way⁣⁣ and uncomfortably close,⁣⁣ ⁣⁣when I see it and become⁣⁣ tempted⁣⁣ to hoard manna⁣⁣ ⁣⁣I remember:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣The Bread of life…

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remember the resurrection

An Easter Prayer

By Rakhi McCormick | April 26, 2023

God of new life, In this season of resurrection, help us to look for the little miracles. Shatter our disillusionment when the  big miracles fail to materialize before us – Break through with your consolation when our Lazarus isn’t raised from the dead, Break through with Your mercy when our children aren’t healed, Break through…

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prayer for mothers creating

A Prayer for a Mother’s Creative Work

By Laura Kelly Fanucci | April 19, 2023

For mother-artists, writers, crafters and creators. Know that your work is holy, both in your art and with your family! God, I come to you today With a thousand prayers— For peace, for quiet, For inspiration and motivation, For the chance to meet You In the sacred space of creation.  In this time You have…

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Mother's Prayer for Mental Health

A Prayer for Mental Health as a Mom

By Jessica Mathisen | April 12, 2023

Father, Thank You for being the God who sees. The God who knows. The God who cares. Thank You that You see me, Your beloved daughter, in my frailty. Thank You that You know everything about me— including my internal struggles that threaten to strangle the life out of me. Thank You that You care…

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Jesus gathers us like a mother

As A Mother With Her Children

By Laura Kelly Fanucci | April 5, 2023

A Song of St. Anselm Jesus, as a mother you gather your people to you; you are gentle with us as a mother with her children. Often you weep over our sins and our pride; tenderly you draw us from hatred and judgment. You comfort us in sorrow and bind up our wounds; in sickness…

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prayer for school shooting

A Prayer for A School Shooting

By Laura Kelly Fanucci | March 29, 2023

Again. Again. Again. Again. How long? How long. How long By what we have done And what we have failed to do, We have our children’s blood on our hands. Hear our cry, God of Justice. Heal our wounds, Prince of Peace. Help our brokenness, Spirit of Truth. We cannot live like this.Which is why…

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maternal image for God

Comfort Me, Know Me, Hold Me

By Karianna Frey | March 22, 2023

Lord, when I pray to You as my Father, do not allow my human mind to limit You to my human understanding of what it means to be father or mother. I pray that our limits of human language do not hide who You truly are to every one of Your children. You are Spirit,…

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c-section prayer

A Prayer for a C-Section

By Laura Kelly Fanucci | March 15, 2023

Whether planned or unplanned, a Caesarean section is a powerful birth experience. The act of surrender into a surgeon’s hands symbolizes the physical sacrifice of motherhood—and invites a new reflection on Jesus’ own words: “This is my body, given for you.” Since it’s normal to face fear or anxiety heading into the operating room, it…

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lamenting gun violence

A Cry of Lament

By Rakhi McCormick | March 8, 2023

How long, O Lord? How are we to bear this pain Over and over and over Blood cries out from the ground Again and again and again Met once more with Empty words and violent fists  Hearts of stone which fail to see To weep, to lament, to repent How long, O Lord We are…

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