Here’s prayer for the poor from Bruce Prewer.
Prayer for the
Poor
“When you harvest the crops of your land,
do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields,
and do not pick up what the harvesters drop….
Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you.” Leviticus
19:9-10
As you once
said, Lord Jesus,
the poor
are always with us.
Overseas
and in our land,
in crowded
refugee camps
and sleeping
on our city streets.
The poor.
Your much-loved poor.
Some are
poor by choice,
some by
their foolishness,
some by
calamity,
and many
because of the greed of the rich
and the
indifference of the comfortable.
Christ have
mercy on us all.
Give us the
political will and know-how
to lessen
the injustices that perpetuate poverty.
Bless the
efforts of the religious and secular agencies
who reach
out with disciplined compassion.
Prompt each
of us to do whatever seems possible
and then to
prayerfully consider what more can be done.
In the
meantime, while we are now praying,
touch the
lives of your children who are in poverty
with
blessings which the rich cannot know.
For your
love’s sake. Amen.
~ written by Bruce Prewer, and posted on Bruce
Prewer’s Homepage. http://www.bruceprewer.com/
