09/05/2026
September is Self-Care Awareness Month.
For those who spend their days caring for others, for those who carry responsibilities no one else sees, for those who keep showing up even when they are weary, we pray.
God of compassion, remind us that we, too, are worthy of care.
Give us permission to rest when we are tired, to ask for help when the load is too heavy, to set down what is not ours to carry, and to receive the same grace we so freely offer others.
Teach us that rest is not selfish,
that tending to our own needs does not diminish our love for our neighbor, and that even those called to serve need moments to simply be.
May we care for ourselves with the same tenderness we hope to bring to the world.
Amen.
