Our Prayer on National Day of Prayer

Elanna Cahn — May 1, 2014 – 2:56 pm | Civil Liberties | Civil Rights | Democrats | Domestic Policy | Health Care | Immigration Reform | Women's Issues Comments (0) Add a comment

Source of life and wisdom:

Your servant Abraham Joshua Heschel declared that when he marched with Dr. King, he was praying with his feet.

Today we pray with our hands

       in recognition that equal work deserves equal pay

Today we pray with our eyes 

      so that we see that an inadequate minimum wage condemns full-time workers to poverty

Today we pray with our ears

      and hear the voices of “dreamers” who have embraced America

Today we pray with our legs

      by standing up against discrimination because of who you are and who you love

Today we pray with our arms

by opening them to comprehensive immigration reform that welcomes immigrants as all of our ancestors once were

Today we pray with our hearts

      for those who would be eligible for extended unemployment insurance

Today we pray with our healing touch

      to reassure patients that they deserve the best affordable health care   

Today we pray with our whole selves

     for the ability for all Americans to still believe that the American dream is achievable

Today we pray.

Tomorrow we vote.

 

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