Our Father in heaven,
loving Parent and Creator,
tender Mother,
we ask that you give us tomorrow's bread today,
that we may lay down to rest in peace
and rise in strength and hope to do your holy work.
Help us to remember and help those who are hungry
each time we ourselves give thanks at table.
Bless the farmers with a bountiful harvest
and bless them and for their love and care of the earth.
Grant that all who produce our food
do so safely, sustainably and humanely.
You sustain us with abundant grace:
make us hunger for that bread that gives eternal life.
Bring us together at your table
for that heavenly banquet which unites all in your kingdom.
May we be strengthened and renewed
in communion with You and each other,
and inspired to spread your Love into the world.
Watch over those whose needs we now remember,
especially those we now name.
Amen.
Our Father in heaven,
loving Parent and Creator,
tender Mother,
we pray that your kingdom come on earth
as it is in heaven.
Reign over us, Almighty God,
that we may live our lives
in service to You and to each other.
Let us always remember that You are God,
and we are not.
Make us humble, compassionate, and unified,
re-enacting the broadness
of God's table of kinship in heaven.
Let us be dedicated to doing your will
by being a holy people
founded upon mercy and fellowship.
Let us denounce and end the systems of oppression
of which we are a part,
that steal from the poor to enrich the powerful,
that justify the terrorization of the marginalized;
that imprison children and rips apart families
who seek refuge from famine and wars from which we profit.
Let us instead work
to bring your dream for humanity to life,
and demand justice and equity
of ourselves and of our leaders.
Watch over those
whose needs we now remember,
especially those we now name.
Amen.
