{"id":973,"date":"2011-11-05T15:17:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T19:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/discoveriesofawanderer\/?p=973"},"modified":"2011-11-05T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T19:17:17","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-unemployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/discoveriesofawanderer\/2011\/11\/a-prayer-for-the-unemployed.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for the Unemployed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The unemployed may feel lost, depressed, and emotionally exhausted. Whether you or someone you know is without work, here&#8217;s a short prayer that can help. Taken from Book of Common Prayer, 1979.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/discoveriesofawanderer\/files\/2011\/11\/Depression.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-975\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/288\/2011\/11\/Depression-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us pray.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the poor and the oppressed, for the unemployed and the destitute, for prisoners and captives, and for all who remember and care for them, let us pray to the Lord.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lord, have mercy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking for more prayers? Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Prayers\/Christian\/Compassion\/Prayer-For-The-Poor.aspx?su=%2fFaiths%2fPrayer%2fPrayer-Search.aspx%3fprayers_by_faith%3dChristianity%26prayers_by_need%3d%26prayer_text_search%3dUnemployed%26submitted%3dyes%26q%3dUnemployed%26t%3dChristianity&amp;tl=Christianity&amp;sd=&amp;ed=&amp;q=Unemployed\" target=\"_blank\">Beliefnet&#8217;s Prayer Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unemployed may feel lost, depressed, and emotionally exhausted. Whether you or someone you know is without work, here&#8217;s a short prayer that can help. Taken from Book of Common Prayer, 1979. Let us pray. 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