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Summary
- First-person prayers for a woman cover the morning, self-doubt, loneliness, carrying too much, a racing mind, wise speech, a setback, courage and fear at home.
- A prayer for a mother, wife, daughter, sister or friend is followed by common prayer intentions for women, from pregnancy and widowhood to persecution for the faith.
- The Bible records the prayers of Hannah (1 Samuel 1–2), Miriam (Exodus 15:21), Deborah (Judges 5), Esther’s fast (Esther 4:16), Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55), Anna (Luke 2:37) and the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:22–28).
- The Magnificat is quoted from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, where it is said at Evening Prayer.
- The Orthodox Church names the third Sunday after Easter for the Myrrh-bearing Women, the first to hear of the resurrection.
- US and UK domestic abuse helplines are listed for women who are afraid at home.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Exodus 15:20–21; Judges 5:3; 1 Samuel 1:10, 15; 2:1–2; Esther 4:16; Psalm 27:10; 46:1; 68:5–6; 139:14; Proverbs 31:26; Isaiah 26:3; Micah 7:8; Matthew 11:28; 15:22–28; Luke 1:38; 2:37; 18:1; Acts 1:14; 16:13–15). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Evening Prayer, Magnificat, p. 26. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Hapgood, Isabel Florence, trans. Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic (Greco-Russian) Church. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906. “The Designations of the Church Movable Seasons” (the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women). https://www.ponomar.net/data/hapgood.pdf
- National Domestic Violence Hotline. https://www.thehotline.org/
- GOV.UK. “Domestic abuse: how to get help.” https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. https://988lifeline.org/
- Samaritans. “Contact Samaritans.” https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
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