God of life

God of justice

God of love and mercy

 

God the provider

God our refuge and sustainer

God our comforter

 

Hear the plight of those living in squalid conditions

We present the vulnerabilities of the widows,

orphans, sick, the aged, and unemployed

We present their needs before you

We appeal to you to meet them at their point of need

 

Give them hope and faith in you

Give them courage to soldier on

Give them resilience and tenacity

 

We pray that while the powers that 

have tended to ignore their plight

you will be the eyes and ears that see and listen

to their heartfelt needs

 

We pray that you make us the instrument

and the channel of healing and source of comfort;

We appear to you to make us relevant and effective

to those in need.

Amen.

 

 

 

God has taken his place in the divine council;
    in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
“How long will you judge unjustly
    and show partiality to the wicked? 

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.”