Prayer for June 19

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together we pray for the needs of the world and give thanks for the ministries of our church.

Friday, June 19 Juneteenth  This day of celebration, dating back to June 19, 1865, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. We give thanks and praise to God for creating humankind in all its diversity, and we ask God’s forgiveness for acquiescing to fear, suspicion, intolerance and unjust treatment of others. We pray for the Spirit to help us as we work to end racism and racial inequity in the church and society.