LATE JANUARY MORNING PRAYER

 

LATE JANUARY MORNING PRAYER

                         for K. M. And Martin Luther King, Jr.

We pray this morning for the clergy

on the streets of Minneapolis,

            and we pray for all on the streets

            all over the world.

We pray for the monks

praying for us,

                       and we pray, in particular,

                       for our own ELCA Lutheran clergy

          on the streets

                                in Minneapolis

                                and St. Paul,

                       and in pulpits all over the world.

We pray for all of of them,

                                           whether they are in the pulpit

                       or on the street.

We honk and wave.

We pray for them whether or not

                        they speak or       remain silent.

We pray, too, for those who have gone before us,

living and in your all-grace-filled arms, O Lord,

those saints, teaching us to love,

who rid our prayers of poison, Fr. Stanley Marrow, S.J.,

Brother David-Steindl-Rast, Father Merton,

Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Father Rohr,

including your blessed tattooed one, Father Boyle,

and the catalogue of many others.

We pray, too, for our clergy in Yakima, all of them,

O Lord, hear our prayer.

Jim Bodeen

24 January 2026