New prayer card for the Holy Land

Steadfast God
strong and sheltering as the oak
and, like the olive tree, life-giving, everywhere,
encourage your children with your Sumud
your constant presence.
your Just Being There.

We raise to you in prayer the suffering people
in your Holy Land.
To those who are wounded, bring healing,
to those who hunger the nourishment they need;
to those bewildered give boundaries,
a sense of direction, deep meaning.
To those who trust in the power of arms,
give signs of true strength;
to those who reach out to the helpless,
the endurance not to give up.
To the bereaved bring consolation
like healing leaves,
to the broken the possibility of wholeness,
to those who despair, a glimmer of light.

Teach us to stand firm in hope
and to grow together in peace.
Rooted wherever you place us,
teach us the meaning of Sumud.

Amen

Prayer: Jan Sutch Pickard, 2024.
Artwork: Olewydd a Derw Olive and Oak,
Tanya Rotherfield, West Wales Friends of Palestine,
Kate common ground, Coventry.

This new prayer card from Pax Christi uses the Palestinian concept of 'sumud' as an inspiration to pray for the Holy Land
£4.00 for a pack of 50

See: https://paxchristi.org.uk/product/sumud-prayer-card/