A Consoling Embrace

I’m so happy to announce that my collection of prayers for this time of pandemic has been published by Twenty-Third Publications. The title comes from Pope Francis’ ‘Urbi et Orbi’ blessing, and it’s also my greatest prayer for you: that these words may wrap themselves around your shoulders and give you comfort.

There are thirty prayers in the collection, covering everything from loss of work to distance learning to grieving in isolation to hope. As I wrote these prayers, my desire was to enter fully into the deep suffering that so many of us are experiencing and also to enter fully into the unfathomable depths of the love of God in the midst of it.

These prayers may be used for private devotion or corporate worship. Here is the link to buy an individual copy. The price is $2.95, and I hope that will make it accessible to as many people as possible. If you are a clergy member or teacher and would like to buy a copy that can be distributed to your church or school, you can find that here.

As always, thank you, thank you, thank you for praying with me. I deeply appreciate every message I receive and am so grateful for all the light that you shine into my life.