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Sojourners Verse and Voice – 13 May 2025

Verse of the day

Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.
– Hebrews 13:3

Voice of the day

Every human being is worth more than the worst thing they’ve ever done.  All life has dignity, guilty life too.
– Helen Prejean

Prayer of the day

God of mercy and compassion, we lift up to You all those who are imprisoned — may they be seen not for their past mistakes but as beloved children made in your image, worthy of dignity, redemption, and hope.

The Peace of the Risen Christ – Pope Leo XIV

image and quote courtesy of Pax Christi USA

This is the peace of the Risen Christ, a peace that is unarmed and disarming, humble and persevering. A peace that comes from God, the God who loves us all, unconditionally. — Pope Leo XIV

Sojourners Verse and Voice – 12 May 2025

Verse of the day

For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.
– 2 Corinthians 5:14

Voice of the day

What empowers change, what makes you desirous of change is the experience of love. It is that inherent experience of love that becomes the engine of change.
– Richard Rohr

Prayer of the day

Let the love of Christ so stir our hearts that it becomes the very force that transforms us and compels us to live differently.

Herein Lies A Riddle – Philip Berrigan

Herein lies a riddle: How can a people so gifted by God become so seduced by naked power, so greedy for money, so addicted to violence, so slavish before mediocre and treacherous leadership, so paranoid, deluded, lunatic? — Philip Berrigan (from the book Hell, Healing, and Resistance: Veterans Speak by Daniel William Hallock)

Sojourners Verse and Voice – 9 May 2025

Verse of the day

Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out; judge righteously; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
– Proverbs 31:8-9

Voice of the day

As Christians, it becomes our duty to keep loving our neighbors — especially those who are persecuted and on the margins.
– Kaeley McEvoy, “Walking Toward Salaam”

Prayer of the day

Give us the courage to speak boldly for the voiceless and to relentlessly love those who are on the margins.

God’s Care and Love — Pope Leo XIV

God cares for us, God loves all of us, and evil will not prevail! We are all in God’s hands. Therefore, without fear, united hand in hand with God and among ourselves, let us move forward… Help us too, then help each other to build bridges – with dialogue, with encounter, uniting all of us to be one people always in peace. — Pope Leo XIV

Sojourners Verse and Voice – 7 May 2025

Verse of the day

Surely the Lord your God has blessed you in all your undertakings; he knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.
– Deuteronomy 2:7

Voice of the day

Not all those who wander are lost.
– J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954)

Prayer of the day

Even as we wander through seasons of uncertainty, remind us that we are not lost, for you have been with us all along.

Sojourners Verse and Voice – 6 May 2025

Verse of the day

But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.
– James 1:22

Voice of the day

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.
– Sarojini Naidu

Prayer of the day

God, shape in us a sincerity that listens with humility, speaks with courage, and moves with faithful action.

Empire and Religion

When religion is co-opted by empire, it ceases to be prophetic and becomes chaplaincy to the status quo. — attributed to Walter Brueggemann

Sojourners Verse and Voice – 1 May 2025

Verse of the day

Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out; judge righteously; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
– Proverbs 31:8–9

Voice of the day

I want to be the last girl in the world with a story like mine. We must not only imagine a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities; we must work consistently to make it happen—prioritizing humanity, not war.
– Nadia Murad

Prayer of the day

Empower us to raise our voices for those who suffer in silence, to fight for justice with compassion.