Description
According to Padraig O Tuama, “Prayer can be a rhythm that helps us make sense in times of senselessness, not offering solutions but speaking to and from the mystery of humanity. Prayer is rhythm. Prayer is comfort. Prayer is disappointment. Prayer is words and shape and art around desperation and delight and disappointment and desire.” This book speaks from the mystery of humanity to the mystery of God in the context of a global pandemic.
The prayers collected here have been written through the Covid-19 pandemic to help the people of God find words to express our fear and sadness, to sustain people who are finding it particularly difficult, and to express our faith in the presence of God even in – especially in – times when we are so aware of our own inadequacy.
This visually appealing and emotionally sustaining book of prayers will give you words for those times when you feel overwhelmed into silence. Long after we find that elusive new normal, this book will continue to nourish your life of faith and remind you of the presence of God in the darkest place.
Some reviews of Prayer in a Time of Pandemic:
When the reality of Covid-19 began to impact our lives in 2020 we searched for ways to anchor our everyday experience in a world that was no longer ordinary. Margaret’s writing provided an oasis of empathy that spoke deeply into every aspect of humanity’s journey here in Australia. Her words reminded us that in the depth of despair we have an ever present God who will carry us beyond the darkness, into the hope of the future.
“Intercession” comes from two Latin words, inter, which means “between” and cedere, which means “to go”. To intercede is to go between two people in the hope of bringing them back into relationship. In the context of prayer it means we are intentional about bringing others into our conversation with God.
In this little book of prayers we are offered page after page of gentle and beautiful reminders about who we might bring into our conversations with God during these challenging times. From “Health Workers” and “Artists” to “Parents” and “Those Who’ve Had Enough,” there are prayers for all those we see night after night on the news as well as those too often forgotten. I commend this collection of prayers to you as a companion to your daily prayers or as a place to go when your conversation with God has run dry.
Bishop Jeremy Greaves, Bishop for the Northern Region ACSQ
With poetic clarity Margaret’s prayers cut through to the heart of the matters at hand. Her prayers open the mind and the heart to God’s presence in the midst of our deepest concerns.
Stephen Harrison, Executive Director, Parishes & Other Mission Agencies Commission ACSQ
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