The
Current Concerns page on the Subscriber Resource Center (SRC)
During
these challenging times, it can be hard to know where to turn for reliable
resources for your bulletin or your parish community that can address the
pandemic with sensitivity and grace. One place you can turn to with confidence
is the J. S. Paluch Subscriber Resource Center (SRC), where we have a special
page for just such events—the Current Concerns page. When you log in to the SRC
bulletin resource page, you can go immediately to Current Concerns by scrolling
down to that item on the home page grid:
Or you can click on the “Concerns” tab from the top of any other page on the
SRC:
Once you get there, you'll find a broad selection of items, most having to do
with the pandemic these days.
Locating
"Praying Through the Pandemic"
One
item that I'd like to point out is part way down the page with titles visible
in both English and Spanish: “Praying through” or “Orar en tiempo”:
This is
a fine prayer resource in English or Spanish for people who wish to pray about—and through—the
COVID-19 pandemic in a fuller or more focused way. It’s called “A New Birth to
a Living Hope.” It offers a simple three-part prayer format suitable for use by
individuals, families, or small groups gathered online: scripture reading,
litany of intercession, concluding prayer. The resource includes multiple
options for each part: four scripture readings, three litanies, and twelve
concluding prayers—allowing the prayer to be prayed periodically with
variations or with a different focus. Courage, perseverance, intercession,
self-giving, and hope are the themes addressed by these prayers. This is a
booklet that you can download and distribute to your parishioners, or share with
them electronically.
Use
it for your bulletin, too
You can
also download it to use as a resource for your bulletin. You can take any
prayer from these pages and put it in your bulletin for the benefit of all your
parishioners. Just be sure to include the copyright notice from the bottom of
the page. Here is just one of the numerous beautiful prayers:
Loving and faithful God,
we turn to you in our doubt, our disbelief, our fear.
So much is unknown to us. The future is uncertain.
We feel helpless, alone, worried.
Fill us with the courage to face whatever happens
and the common sense to follow public health directives
until the threat of the disease is diminished,
friends and loved ones are able to reunite,
people get back to work,
and communities of faith gather once again to sing your praise.
We pray through Christ our Lord.
© 2020 by Steven R. Janco. All rights reserved. Used with
permission.
Why not
download this booklet today to help your parishioners pray well through these
difficult days?
Or you can click on the “Concerns” tab from the top of any other page on the SRC:
Once you get there, you'll find a broad selection of items, most having to do with the pandemic these days.
we turn to you in our doubt, our disbelief, our fear.
So much is unknown to us. The future is uncertain.
We feel helpless, alone, worried.
and the common sense to follow public health directives
until the threat of the disease is diminished,
friends and loved ones are able to reunite,
people get back to work,
and communities of faith gather once again to sing your praise.
We pray through Christ our Lord.
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