Creator God, our heavenly Father,

your Son was a carpenter in Nazareth:

we pray for all those who labor

in our factories and shops.

Grant them wisdom and honesty, strength and skill,

to provide for themselves

and for the needs of our country.

Look with compassion on the landless poor,

the unemployed and homeless,

the orphans and the hungry,

and grant us your power to work towards justice

in transforming their lives for your glory;

through the risen Lord Jesus Christ,

who had nowhere to lay his head.

 

prayer from Kenya

 

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Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
    maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    they walk about in darkness;
    all the foundations of the earth are shaken.