PRAYING FOR GOD'S REIGN: LENTEN PRAYERS
DAY 5: MONDAY
Loving Mother and
Father God, we turn to You in trust because we know that You delight in giving
good gifts to your children. Give us the
food we need each day, and enable us to eat it with thankful hearts and share
it with glad generosity.
Help us not to
amass more than we need. Help us not to
waste more than many people ever have a chance to see. Help us to eat what is truly nourishing and
to practice methods of food production and consumption that protect the earth
and nurture human health and community.
Forgive us when
we are hard-hearted toward others who will receive no bread today and perhaps
none tomorrow either. Forgive us when we
eat gluttonously while thousands die of hunger and related problems each day.
Give every
person in the world their daily bread.
And do not let us be complacent, but energize us to pursue justice until
all are fed and nourished for robust life in your presence. Amen.
To see a graphic representation of
the impact of poverty and hunger at: http://www.poverty.com.
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