Prayer:
Gracious God, Creator of all beings, we exist because of Your immeasurable Love. We turn to you this day. You created a world of "enough": enough food for all, enough water for all, enough land for all, enough freedom for all - yet we humans have transformed it into a world of hunger, thirst, poverty and oppression. Our compassion, and our legislation, fall short of the dream you have for your creation: "That all may be one..."

We live in a society that experiences an ever-widening gap between those who have what they need for life and those who struggle to survive. We live in a society that blames the poor for being poor, without recognizing such poverty can only exist if our attitudes, behaviour and laws allow it to exist. Today, we pray in union with ISARC and with all who support its initiative: to pray for all who are impacted by our worsening economy and for the integrity, courage and spiritual sustenance of our law-makers.

Gracious God, Compassionate God, hear the prayers of believers of all faiths who join in prayer. We know you by many names. We know you through many faith traditions. And we know that in every faith tradition represented in ISARC, there is a sure faith that what we do to our brothers and sisters whom we can see, we do to you whom we cannot see. We know too that you hear the cry of the poor whom you love.

Hear our prayer today. Help us, and our government to respond, to the needs of those who are suffering in these times of economic crisis. Help the MPPs who are being prayed for this day. And help us all to transform our world into one in which all are feed, all are clothed and all are treated with full  respect for their human dignity.

Amen