God of the Universe, at the dawn of creation, your Spirit breathed on the waters, making them the wellspring of all holiness. You created the oceans and rivers, and all that dwell within them, and at your word the wind and the waves were born. The seasons follow your plan, and the tides rise and fall on your command. In both calm and storm, you are with us.
On the Sea of Galilee, even when the disciples began to fear, Jesus showed that he was Lord over the waters by rebuking the storms, so that all would know that even the wind and the waves obey him.
Creator God, we ask you to calm the wind and the waves of the approaching hurricane, and spare those in its path from harm. Help those who are in its way to reach safety. Open our hearts in generosity to all who need help in the coming days. In all things and in all times, help us to remember that even when life seems dark and stormy, you are in the boat with us, guiding us to safety. Amen.
Published originally at America Magazine.
Kevin Welner: A Modest Hurricane Proposal for Honoring Climate Change Deniers
1. When, where and to whom a natural disaster is going to happen?
2. What you are going to pray for and say in your prayers?
That doesn't make any sense does it? Anymore sense than him being omniscient in the first place.
Fact is, if he is omniscient, he must know the future and is therefore an uncaring monster. If he isn't omniscient, he isn't Almighty God.
Oh, humanity, get off your asses and get to the rebuilding. Dig into your pockets and give.
But please, oh please, do not bother praying because we cannot eat prayer.
If we could, not too many would be hungry.
I'm guessing that's why millions go to bed hungry every night. 15 million is this counrty alone and that's just the number for children 18 and under.
god is not great.
Methinks someone didn't flatter god enough.
Hmmm. Were you just leaving a message on someone's voicemail or something?
Perhaps "Creator God" is a deleted HuffPo blogger's account?
Just trying to figure out why your prayer, and everyone else's similar prayers, were so blatantly ignored.
Devastation, death and the prospect of disease now face the residents of NYC and surrounding areas.
Now I find myself at a loss here, I thought your Jesus said in no uncertain terms "Whatever you ask in my name shall be done"
Now Father, I read your prayer, you covered every base in the agreement, you were humble and obsequious with just a touch of mystery thrown in and yet....
So tell us please, what god was the prayer, what aid did it or does it provide for the dead, the hungry and the cold?
It seems to me that when you offer prayers and are assured they will be honored yet are in fact either ignored or useless one might wish to rethink ones profession
We are part of an interdependent web of existence. We respect the forces of nature which we have learned from and adapted to for millions of years. Let us learn from this storm that what we build can be torn down and that we must learn to protect ourselves in times of natural disaster. Let us also learn that as people we must come to the aid of all those who are suffering from this natural disaster. We must also begin to understand our human impact on the planet through the warming climate we have created. We must know that we must change the ways we approach our interdependent web, by changing how we impact the environment. Until then the people impacted by this storm will be in our thoughts.