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 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
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.
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.
When religion is co-opted by empire, it ceases to be prophetic and becomes chaplaincy to the status quo. — attributed to Walter Brueggemann
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.
“We need to understand where we’ve come from and then we need to imagine greater things for our future. That’s the battle we have in front of us, a battle of the imagination.”—Erin Matariki Carr, “The Resurgence of Māori Law”
Verse of the day
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
– 2 Corinthians 4:16
Voice of the day
The pain that brings us to struggle is also the root of joy. Both assert that we are alive.
– Edgar Rivera Colón, “Soul Care for Weary Activists”
Prayer of the day
God, in the midst of pain and struggle, renew our hearts day by day, that we may find in our suffering the roots of joy and the deep assurance that we are truly alive in you.
We are struggling with a debased concept of self. It’s debased to some extent by popular psychology, and of course, again, my advertising. It’s a question of who you identify with; and if they can get you to identify with the person who has certain fears and certain needs—they’ve got you… Just think of how people are dominated in this country by the need to be loved—in a superficial way; not real love, but the need to be accepted and appreciated. You can’t begin unless you are free to some extent from that. — Thomas Merton in California: The Redwoods Conference and Letters, p. 65
It is now evident that good politics cannot come from the culture of power understood as domination and oppression, but only from a culture of care, care for the person and his or her dignity, and care for our common home. — Against War: Building A Culture of Peace, p. 11
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