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The Anthology
O God, we pray for all those in our world who are suffering from injustice: For those who are discriminated against because of their race, colour or religion;
For those imprisoned for working for the relief of oppression;
For those who are hounded for speaking the inconvenient truth; For those tempted to violence as a cry against overwhelming hardship; For those deprived of reasonable health and education;
For those suffering from hunger and famine;
For those too weak to help themselves and who have no-one else to help them;
For the unemployed who cry out for work but do not find it.
We pray for anyone of our acquaintance who is personally affected by injustice.
Forgive us, Lord, if we unwittingly share in the conditions or in a system that perpetuates injustice.
Show us how we can serve your children and make your love practical by washing their feet.
(Mother Teresa)
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action -
Into that heaven of freedom my Father, let me awake.
For the healing of the nations, Lord, we pray with one accord; for a just and equal sharing of the things that earth affords To a life of love in action
help us rise and pledge our word...
All that kills abundant living, let it from the earth be banned; pride of status, race or schooling, dogmas that obscure your plan. In our common quest for justice may we hallow life's brief span... See also p.113 for verse 2
(Fred Kaan)
1968 Stainer and Bell Ltd, London, England
Listen, Lord! Hear my prayer for justice!
Listen to my plea.
Hear my prayer,
For my lips do not deceive.
My Judgment comes from You,
For Your eyes see what is right.
- 79
(Rabindranath Tagore)
(A prayer of David from The Psalms)
