Prayers and Sermons

Prayers and rituals help many of us to make decisions, to accept loss or change, to take action, and to grow spiritually.  Below are several liturgical resources and tools that we hope will bring peace and lead to spiritual wholeness.


Prayers
Prayer Before a Pro-Choice Action - SYRF member
Community Prayer for Choice - Rosemary Radford Ruether
Generations Past, Present, Future - Rev. Deborah Mero, Unitarian Universalist

Ritual
You Are Not Alone: Seeking the Wisdom to Decide - Diann L. Neu, Co-director of WATER The Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual

Psalms
Lullaby for Courage - Debbie Perlman
For Guidance - Debbie Perlman

Sermons
Faithful Witness for Choice - Rev. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale
The "Truth" About Abortion - Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro



Click here to read more prayers and sermons.

For more feminist liturgical resources, please visit Miriam's Well, WATER and White Fire.

We are always adding more content and resources to this website. Please write to info@syrf.org to let us know of a good resource you think we should link to or include here.