Here’s
an offering prayer I wrote for World Food Day (October 16). It’s part of a larger
worship resource I put together for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. (See link
below.)
Prayer for the Offering
(inspired by Jeremiah
31:31-34)
Generous
God,
through
your Son, Jesus Christ,
you
have shown us what it means to love.
And
you call us to follow Your example—
to
love our neighbours as we love ourselves.
Continue
to write your law of love on our hearts.
Give
us an unwavering passion for justice,
and
a tenacious faith that will not rest
until
the hungry are fed,
the
oppressed find relief,
and
the outsider finds a welcome. Amen.
~
Christine Longhurst, in Hunger for Justice: World Food Day
2016, posted on the Canadian Foodgrains Bank website. http://foodgrainsbank.ca/product/world-food-day-2016-hunger-for-justice/
