Words for the World's Days

Words for the World's Days (WIP)

Poetic Invocations for the Global Calendar

December 2025

1 World AIDS Day

Listen!

To cheer thy heart

These angel voices come

Whispering—

Onward is thy path

And upward is thy home!

—Alfred Fowler, Our Angel Friends In Ministry and Song

2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, World Computer Literacy Day

Unseen angel friends are ever by your side. 

You know them as very near and dear friends—helpers in every time of need. 

And the cultivation of your soul in fellowship with these angels will draw their strong and tender offices to instruct, comfort and console. 

Truly, next to Christ they are the best friends you have. 

And since these angels are to be your immediate companions after death why not spend five minutes each day for one year in cultivating their acquaintance and friendship?

3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (World Day of the Handicapped)

O! angels e'er have blessed mankind

With words of joy and cheer,

And lifted up the soul with thoughts

Of spirit-presence near.

The fevered brow and aching head

They soothingly have fanned—

And, in the hour of danger, breathed

A warning from their land.

In silence have they walked with us

O'er each familiar spot,

And through us viewed each lovely scene,

And yet we knew it not—

Their gentle hands have soothed our pains,

And lightened earthly cares—

O yes! long have we entertained

Bright angels unawares!

Twelve Messages from the Spirit of John Quincy Adams

5 International Volunteer Day, World Soil Day

We think that heaven will not shut forevermore

Without a knocker left upon the door,

Lest some belated wanderer should come,

Heartbroken, asking just to be at home—

So that the Father will at last forgive,

And looking on his face that soul shall live.

We think there will be watchmen through the night,

Lest any, far off, tun them to the light—

That He who loved us into life must be

A Father, infinitely fatherly—

And groping for him, all shall find their way

From outer dark, through twilight, into perfect day.

Light on the Hidden Way

7 International Civil Aviation Day

Oh, soul, I said, thy boding murmurs cease―

Though sorrow bind thee as a funeral pall,

Thy Father's Hand is guiding thee through all,

His Love will bring a true and perfect peace.

―By a Spirit

9 International Anti-Corruption Day, International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of Genocide

The silent voice of the Eternal One constantly whispers—Come up higher, O, my children, and participate in the joys of the blessed around my Throne of Light!

10 Human Rights Day, International Animal Rights Day

May a Union of Soul interblend our strength, that we may be guided by Thy Love, Oh, Father. Amen.

—B. H. in Spirit

11 International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day

Thou Eternal One! whose love

Is everywhere made manifest—

Whose wisdom and whose goodness prove

That, of all friends, Thou art the best—

We thank Thee for each glorious gift,

Which Thy Onific Hand hath given—

That we our prayers to Thee can lift,

The all-presiding Soul of Heaven.

Father, may we recognise

A universal brotherhood—

And feel that Thy all-searching eye

Is on the evil and the good!

May we, like Thee, be full of love,

Be rich in every Christian grace—

Advancing upward nearer Thee,

Through all the realms of endless space.

 

We would return our thanks to Thee,

For every blessing we enjoy—

And for the rich assurances

That Thou wilt every sin destroy.

 

O may Thy Holy Spirit rest

On each dear child assembled here—

And may we feel, Father Blest,

That Thou art ever, ever near!

 

We thank Thee, giver of all good,

That we can visit those below,

And tell them of those radiant skies

Where everlasting pleasures flow—

 

That we can stamp upon the soul

The impress of Thy boundless love—

And raise it from its darkened state,

Into the joys of worlds above.

 

O bless us, Father, with the light

We need to aid our progress on

To those eternal realms of bliss,

Where brighter scenes will on us dawn!

 

And may we seek to reconcile

Those hearts by hate and discord bound—

Upon our efforts sweetly smile,

That they with vict'ry may be crowned.

 

We know Thou art our faithful friend,

And that Thy love will never end—

If friends prove false or foes defame,

We know that Thou remain'st the same.

O may we, then, in Thee confide—

In Thee, our anchor and our guide—

For Thou, God, in weal or woe,

Wilt prove the truest friend we know!

 

If darkling clouds eclipse the light

Of Truth's most bright and glorious dawn—

We know, dear Father, that the night

But heralds forth the coming morn!

 

Then, with our hearts baptized anew

In Thy all-permeating love,

May we our heavenly work pursue,

Receiving strength from Thee alone.

 

We would Thy holy blessing crave

On those dear ones who now have found

The pathway to those lands beyond,

Where peace and harmony abound.

 

Impart to them that strength they need

To aid them in their glorious flight

From world to world, from sphere to sphere,

Upward to Thee, the Source of Light!

 

May they, O Parent All-divine,

xert their powers for others' good—

And labour zealously to bind

All hearts in one great brotherhood!

 

And may the teachings, breathed to them,

To others be imparted, too—

That they may also find the way

To mansions of the pure and true!

 

And now, Father, we implore

Thy mighty Spirit to descend,

And cause our souls forevermore

In love and unity to blend.

 

We ask that all mankind may soon

From discord and from sin be free—

That every soul may bask within

The glorious light of liberty.

 

Reposing all our trust in Thee,

We will our pleasant tasks renew,

And strive, in one united whole,

Thy everlasting will to do!

Twelve Messages from the Spirit John Quincy Adams

12 Universal Health Coverage Day

If God be on my side,

Then let who will oppose,

For oft ere now to Him I cried,

And He hath quelled my foes.

If Jesus be my Friend,

If God doth love me well,

What matters all my foes intend,

Tho' strong they be and fell.

14 Hanukkah begins (ends December 22)

Put God, as your Father, first—The moment you find that you are unable to go to Him in trust and faith, in perfect confidence, turn out that little house of your mind and find where the speck of dust lies hidden. It is of first importance that the channel between you and God should be unimpeded—God first, then His work—but God first! Ponder on the love of God—gather to you that deep assurance that God is in your life—that God is forever at your side—and that God will bring you safe home at last out of the valley, over the rocks, up to the heights beyond, and then, recharged with His love, gladly, you will retrace your steps to hold out the hand of help to another—

That is the gospel of Christ.

18 International Migrants Day, Arabic Language Day

If God be on my side,

If Jesus be my Friend,

I'm sure He always will provide,

And guide me to the end.

Here I can firmly rest,

I dare to boast of this

That God the Most High and the best

My Friend and Father is.

From dangerous snares He saves

Where'er He bids me go,

He checks the storms and calms the waves,

Nor lets aught work me woe.

I rest upon the ground

Of Jesus and His blood,

For 'tis through Him that I have found

The true eternal good.

Nought have I of mine own,

Nought in the life I lead,

What Christ hath given me, that alone

Is worth all love indeed.

Amen.

If God be on my side, Paul Gerhardt (1650), Catherine Winkworth (1855) (Translator)

20 International Human Solidarity Day

All things, dear Father, e'er declare—

Thy wondrous goodness, love and care—

On Nature's brow, in every land—

Is traced the impress of Thy hand!

The murm'ring rills reflect Thy face—

The ocean speaks Thy louder praise—

While the sweet songsters of the air

Resound Thy mercies everywhere.

The stars, which twinkle in the skies—

Reflect a love which never dies—

While sun and moon, with their pure light—

Good sermons on the soul indite.

On earth below, in Heaven above—

Thy works bespeak Thy crowning love—

All Nature sounds Thy hallowed name—

And chants Thy everlasting fame!

In all thy works, throughout the land,

We see the wonders of Thy hand—

From lordly tree to lowly flower—

We trace Thine all-transcendent power.

O! give to us a searching heart—

That we may know thee as Thou art—

And with devoutness worship Thee,

As Thou, God, shouldst ever be!

—Spirit John Quincy Adams

 21 Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere), World Saree Day, World Basketball Day

In abiding faith and trust I cast out doubt and fear, knowing that Thy art always near.

24 Christmas Eve

Father of Love, we invoke thy strength. Give us the power and love with strength to work out the duty towards our fellow man.

25 Christmas Day

From the point of Light within the Mind of God

Let Light stream forth unto the minds of men.

Let Light descend on Earth.

From the Point of Love within the Heart of God

Let Love stream forth into the hearts of men.

May Christ return to Earth.

From the Centre where the Will of God is known

Let purpose guide the little wills of men—

The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the Centre which we call the race of men

Let the Plan of Love and Light work out

And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan of Earth.

Tibetan Master Djwhal Khul through Alice Bailey, the Great Invocation, Universal Prayer for Spiritual Transformation, 1937

 

26 Boxing Day, Kwanzaa begins (ends 1 January)

O GOD, our God!

Faint and weary are thy children,

Toiling up the steep of time,

Seeking for the Eastern token,

Listening for the morning chime—

Waiting, waiting, ever waiting

For the voice of long ago,

With its soft, melodious accents,

Soothing every human woe.

Know they not the star has risen,

And its glory gilds the earth?

Hear they not the song of angels

O'er this glorious second birth?

Peace on earth! goodwill from Heaven!

Sing that white-robed angel band—

Peace on earth! goodwill from Heaven!

Echoes over all the land.

O thou God of past and present!

O thou light of every soul!

We shall chant thee deathless praises

While eternity shall roll.

Flashes of Light from the Spirit-Land

31 New Year's Eve

HOLY angels, guide these mortals

O'er the mystic waves of time―

Open wide the shining portals

Leading unto heights sublime―

Lift―O lift the veil that hides them

From their loved ones, gone before!

Show them but their shining faces,

Waiting on the other shore.

O THOU, whose mysterious presence

Fills the earth, the air and sea,

We would chant undying praises,

We would worship only thee.

From the earth's unnumbered altars

Human sighs and tears are born,

Praying for a glad hereafter—

Weary watchers in the storm.

Let them hear the chime of voices

Voices from the spirit-land—

Waking all the slumbering echoes,

Strengthening heart and strengthening hand.

Let them see the star of promise

That shall lead to brighter days,

Over all the plains of error,

Where the babe of Bethlehem lays.

Let them sing that holy anthem,

Sung by angels long ago—

Peace on earth, goodwill from Heaven,

Golden side of human woe.

Then the night shall grow to morning,

Then the angels join the song,

For the day of peace is dawning―

Lo! the Son of Truth is born!

O THOU source of endless wisdom,

Lord of earth and land Elysian,

We would bathe our weary spirits

In the fullness of thy love.

We would drink the healing waters

Flowing from unnumbered altars—

Altars where no blood-stained offerings

Fill the earth with woe.

We would rise redeemed—redeeming,

Losing all our earthly seeming,

In the holy words, forgiveness

Of all earthly sin.

We would dwell with saints and sages,

Whose great thoughts have thrilled past ages,

Calling all men to adore thee,

Lord of heaven and earth.

Hear our prayer, ye guardian angels—

Be to us as bright evangels,

Bearing our poor sin-stained message

To the throne of love.

JANUARY

4 World Braille Day

O GOD of all nations! O light of our souls!

Whose loving hand guides us—whose wisdom controls,

Through the weakness and darkness

And sorrows of time,

O lead these thy children to soul-heights sublime.

Let us teach them to love thee and serve thee aright,

Never fearing the darkness, yet loving the light—

Never doubting thy presence, ever trusting thy grace,

To give to each soul its true portion and place.

And unto thee, O God of our life, be the homage and honour of nations and individuals, forever.

Amen.

24 International Day of Education

O THOU, whose love prevaileth Over all the ills of life,

Whose mercy never faileth

When we are weary of the strife

That comes of human weakness,

By some called human sin,

Whose wisdom opens heaven's gates,

That all may enter in—

We would sing thee glad hosannas,

We would join the earth and air

In their everlasting chorus,

And their one eternal prayer.

For all that life can give us,

For all that hath been given,

For every tear of sorrow,

And every hope of heaven,

We thank thee, O, our God.

26 January International Day of Clean Energy

O SPIRIT of mercy, of justice and love,

O'ershadow thy children—with peace from above—

Let the phantoms of fear, of doubt and despair,

Be lost in the radiance of spiritual air—

Let the songs of the angels be heard in the skies,

Proclaiming the truth that the soul never dies—

That all things are carefully guarded by thee,

But the soul in its beauty at death is set free.

27 January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

Oh, Father, Mother God—

In Thee, we have put our trust, and Thou hast kept us in all our ways.

Thou hast made a path from earth to heaven by which Thy children may ascend.

Oh, Father in Heaven, may we reflect Thee always.

Thou art Life, Truth, Love, Eternity, and all Power forever.

Turn Thy face upon us that we may see the reflection of Thy goodness.

Speak unto everyone that all may know Thy voice.

Forgive all trespasses, and fill each with the knowledge of Thy presence.

I ask this in Thy name—

Thou art our Father, Mother God, and there is no other.

Amen!

FEBRUARY

2 World Wetlands Day

4 World Cancer Day, International Day of Human Fraternity

6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

10 World Pulses Day

11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

12 International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism

13 World Radio Day

20 World Day of Social Justice

21 United Nations International Mother Language Day

MARCH

1 World Seagrass Day, United Nations Zero Discrimination Day

3 International Day for Ear and Hearing Loss, World Wildlife Day

5 International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness

8 International Women's Day

10 International Day of Women Judges

15 International Day to combat Islamophobia

20 International Day of Happiness

20 French Language Day

21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World Poetry Day, International Nowruz Day, World Down Syndrome Day, International Day of Forests, World Day of Glaciers, 

22 World Water Day

23 World Meteorological Day

24 World Tuberculosis Day

24 International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights

25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery, International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members

30 International Day of Zero Waste

APRIL

2 World Autism Awareness Day

4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

5 International Day of Conscience

6 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

7 World Health Day, International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda

12 International Day of Human Space Flight

14 World Chagas Disease Day

15 World Art Day

20 Chinese Language Day

21 World Creativity and Innovation Day

22 International Mother Earth Day

23 World Book and Copyright Day, Spanish Language Day

23 English Language Day

24 International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, International Girls in ICT Day

25 International Delegates Day, World Malaria Day

26 Word Intellectual Property Day, International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

28 World Day for Safety and Health at Work

30 International Jazz Day

MAY

2 May - World Tuna Day

3 World Press Freedom Day

8-9 Time of Remembrance for those Who Lost Their Lives during the WWII

10 International Day of Argania, World Migratory Bird Day

12 International Day of Plant Health

15 International Day of Families

16 International Day of Living Together in Peace, International Day of Light

17  World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

20 World Bee Day

21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, International Tea Day

22 International Day for Biological Diversity

23 International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

23 International Day of Vesak

24 International Day of the Markhor

25 Africa Day, World Football Day

29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

30 International Day of Potato

31 World No-Tobacco Day

JUNE

1 Global Day of Parents

3 World Bicycle Day

4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 International Day against Illegal, Unreported &Unregulated fishing, World Environment Day

6 Russian Language Day

7 World Food Safety Day

10 International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations

11 International Day of Play

12 World Day Against Child Labour

13 International Albinism Awareness Day

14 World Blood Donor Day

15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

16 International Day of Family Remittances

17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

18 Sustainable Gastronomy Day, International Day for Countering Hate Speech

19 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

20 World Refugee Day

21 International Day of Yoga, International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice

23 United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows" Day

24 International Day of Women in Diplomacy

25 International Day of the Seafarer

26 International Day against Drug Abuse and illicit Trafficking, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

27 Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day

29 International Day of the Tropics

30 International Day of Parliamentarism, International Asteroid Day

JULY

5 International Day of Cooperatives

6 World Rural Development Day

11 World Population Day, International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica

12 International Day of Hope, International Day of combating Sand and Dust Storms

15 World Youth Skills Day

17 International Criminal Justice Day

18 Nelson Mandela International Day

20 International Moon Day, World Chess Day

25 International Day of Judicial-wellbeing, International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent, World Drowning Prevention Day

28 World Hepatitis Day

30 World Day against Trafficking in Persons, International Day of Friendship

AUGUST

6 International Day of Awareness of the Special Development Needs and Challenges of Landlocked Developing Countries

9 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

12 International Youth Day

19 World Humanitarian Day

21 International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

22 Int'l Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion

23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

29 World Lake Day, International Day against Nuclear Tests

30 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

31 International Day for People of African Descent

SEPTEMBER

5 International Day of Charity

7 International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies

8 International Literacy Day

9 International Day to Protect Education from Attack

10 Suicide Prevention Awareness Day

12 United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

15 International Day of Democracy

16 International Day of Science, Technology, and Innovation for the South, International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

17 World Patient Safety Day

18 International Equal Pay Day

20 World CleanUp Day

21 International Day of Peace

23 International Day of Sign Language

25 World Maritime Day

26 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

27 World Tourism Day 

28 World Rivers Day, International Day for Universal Access to Information

29 International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

30 International Translation Day

OCTOBER

1 International Day of Older Persons

2 International Day of Non-Violence

5 World Teachers’ Day

7 World Habitat Day

9 World Post Day

10 World Mental Health Day

11 International Day of the Girl Child

13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

14 World Migratory Bird Day

15 Global Handwashing Day, International Day of Rural Women

16 World Food Day

17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

20 World Statistics Day

24 United Nations Day, World Development Information Day

27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

29 International Day of Care and Support

31 World Cities Day

NOVEMBER

1 World Ecology Day

2 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

5 World Tsunami Awareness Day

6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War

10 World Immunization Day, World Science Day for Peace and Development

14 World Diabetes Day

15 International Day for the Prevention of and Fight Against all Forms of Transnational Organized Crime

16 International Day for Tolerance

19 World Toilet Day, World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

20 Africa Industrialization Day. World Children's Day

21 World Philosophy Day, World Television Day, World Fisheries Day

25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

26 World Sustainable Transport Day

29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

30 Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

DECEMBER

1 World Aids Day

2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities

4 International Day of Banks

5 International Volunteer Day, World Soil Day

7 International Civil Aviation Day

9 International Anti-Corruption Day, International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide

10 Human Rights Day

11 International Mountain Day

12 Universal Health Coverage Day, International Day of Neutrality

18 International Migrants Day, Arabic Language Day

20 International Human Solidarity Day

21 World Meditation Day

27 International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

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