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# For Everything Else #LetUsPray
- URL: https://www.reyes-chow.com/let-us-pray-for-everything-else/
- Published: 2026-02-05T13:42:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-10T22:08:29.000Z
- Description: A Weekly Centering Prayer for These Turbulent Times
- Author: Bruce Reyes-Chow
- Tags: Let Us Pray, prayer, liturgy

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As I emerge from [my writing hermitage](https://www.reyes-chow.com/brc-unplugged-2026/), and run smack into the [realities of daily life](https://bsky.app/profile/breyeschow.com/post/3mdy7uqvq4s2g?ref=reyes-chow.com), I am reminded that, in the midst of overwhelming global and national events, we must not ignore the tender places in our lives that continue to need our attention. 

*Let Us Pray . . .*

*God of the swirling chaos,* 
*With strife and suffering surrounding us* 
*With terror and violence taunting us* 
*With despair and desperation laying claim to our spirits.* 
*God, we cannot hold everything all at once* 
*Because we are barely holding on to everything else —* 

*For loved ones who are struggling with health:* 
*mental, emotional, and physical.* 

*For relationships that need time to be tended:* 
*family, work, and friends.*

*For the things we often never share:* 
*our heartaches, our diagnoses, and our anxieties.*

*For the parts of ourselves that seek liberation:* 
*creation, curiosity, and rest.*

*For the daily frustrations of life* 
*For the things that never take a break* 
*For everything else, we lift these all to you.*

*God, remind us that we need not hold everything on our own.* 
*Grant us the humility to believe this to be true.* 
*Allow us the wisdom to know when and how to hold the struggles of others.* 
*And bring our collective spirit calm out of the chaos of the day.*

*For all of these things we pray.* 

*AMEN.*

It is my intention to offer a prayer every Thursday as my own spiritual discipline, addressing an event or issue of the day. For paid subscribers and last-minute worship planners, I'll soon include a few liturgical resources and sermon prompts based on the week's readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. If there is anything I can offer that might be helpful, please let me know.

Peace,

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