Petitions for Labor Day 2006
Meditation
The national liturgy begins with the Memorial Day
Weekend. It climaxes with the Fourth of July and tapers off with Labor Day and
is finally put to sleep under a blanket of snow as we go over the river and
through the woods to celebrate Thanksgiving at Grandma’s.
For workers
With Labor Day it’s back to work in earnest
For
the Labor Movement which seeks to tame savage capitalism by seeking the good of
the worker: family wage, decent working conditions, equal pay for equal work. In
peace, let us pray....
For
those who are looking for a job, a worrisome task, indeed, and for those who
have to make a job-change, a traumatic experience, indeed. In
peace, let us pray….
For
those who have to work so hard at making a living they don’t have time to live.
In peace, let us pray....
For
those who dislike their job very much, that they might find a way out and have
the courage to choose it. In peace, let
us pray....
For teachers
With Labor Day it’s back to school
The
task of an educator is to draw out (“to lead out”—educare) the best there is in
our kids. For educators who face overwhelming competition in that awesome task.
For all of us that we might appreciate the immense task that educators face and
might give them the moral support and pay they deserve. In peace, let us pray...
For
mothers and fathers who are the first educators of their sons and daughters—the
very first ones called to draw out the best there is in their kids—for fathers
and mothers who are the school before the school. In peace, let us pray....
For the nation
Because
there’s simply not enough room on planet Earth for Islamic extremists and
Western unbelievers the nation is in the throes of World War III. For the
nation now faced with the dilemma of bombing away the atomic capabilities of
For
the Nation as we begin to gather in the fruits of harvest. That we might have a
sense of gratitude for this land of plenty. That we might regain a joyful sense
of simplicity which is grateful for the basics of life, like food enough to
eat, a clean bed to sleep in and a warm shelter to live in through the long
winter months. In peace, let us pray....
For
the Nation, soon in painful remembrance of the fifth anniversary of that
unspeakable disaster of 9/11, which brought down two towers and three thousand innocent
human beings, and revealed to us the true face of the enemy who pursues us. In peace, let us pray....
For
all the war dead. For our own beloved dead, especially those who have fallen
asleep in the Lord since last Labor day. In
peace, let us pray....