Breathing Together: Day 1 Rays of Hope World YMCA Week of Prayer

Day 1: Rays of Hope – A prayer of global solidarity that God would give us strength to be resilient and courageous.

World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer, starts Sunday Nov 8, this prayer led by Tim Hallman, Director of Christian Emphasis, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

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DAY 1 – BREATHING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY
Devotion By: Elaine Neuenfeldt, Act Alliance Gender Programme Manager
“At times of catastrophes and calamities it is difficult to breathe. Catastrophes are not affecting everyone equally – they tend to intensify inequalities and exacerbate injustices.”

BIBLICAL INSPIRATION: “In the Old Testament story, there is this story of the widows of the famine, the widow of drought, in the book of Kings Chapter 17“

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
• What makes us feel the warm and tender touch of life back to our body?
• Where the compassionate touch of love that nurtures our faith and hope can be experienced in today’s world, where individualism, loneliness, and indifference for human suffering are a daily reality. How can we, as individuals and as community / congregation of faith work as a space where the touches of compassion, that bring back life can be felt?
• How can we do all this “touching” when physical distance is required as part of sanitary measures in times of the pandemic?”