Prayer Litany for Remembrance Sunday by Tui Bevin

Confession, Thanksgiving and Intercession Psalm written by Tui Bevin

Merciful God:

We confess we live in a world with abuse, bullying and consumerism;

despair, ecological degradation & fake facts;

Lord, have mercy upon us

We confess we live in a world with global warming, hunger and inequality;

jealousy, killing fields and labelling;

Lord, have mercy upon us

We confess we live in a world with military proliferation, nihilism and oppression;

pollution, quackery and religious intolerance;

Lord, have mercy upon us

We confess we live in a world with slavery, terrorism & unprecedented threats to creation;

too many vulnerable, war and xenophobia;

Lord, have mercy upon us

We confess we live in a world with youth underemployment

and zillions of pieces of plastic and rubbish polluting our seas, land, air and space;

Lord, have mercy upon us

Merciful Lord,

We confess we can be part of the problem,

living with insufficient thought

of You, others, our world or the future;

Lord, have mercy upon us

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Let us pray.

Generous God:

We give thanks for artists, books and all creation;

dreams and diversity, education and friendship;

Lord, our cup overflows

We give thanks for generosity, health and inspiration;

Jesus, kindness and love and laughter;

Lord, our cup overflows

We give thanks for mentors, nature’s bounty, and the oceans;

pets and prayer, quirkiness and rainbows;

Lord, our cup overflows

We give thanks for sunshine, thinking, and unconditional love;

voting, water and xylophones;

Lord, our cup overflows

We give thanks for youthfulness, zinnias

and all the things that sustain us;

Lord, our cup overflows

Generous Lord, You are the source of all and give us all we need and more.

Help us be grateful and give You thanks and praise.

          

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Compassionate God:

We also pray for aroha, bravery to speak out, and compassion;

     discernment, the earth, and forgiveness;

Lord, hear our prayer.

          

We pray for   generosity, hope and integrity;

justice, Kiwi ingenuity and love;

Lord, hear our prayer.

We pray for   music making, neighbourliness and openness;

peacemaking, questing and resourcefulness;

Lord, hear our prayer.

          

We pray for   shalom, thankfulness and unity;

vision, wisdom and expansiveness;

Lord, hear our prayer.

We pray for   understanding of Your will for us, Your kingdom here on earth,

and zeal for the road ahead;

Lord, hear our prayer.

Lord God, You are the alpha and omega,  before any beginning and beyond any ending.  You have given us all we need ~ and more.   Help us use what we have

to live each moment with the end in mind, Your end.

Lord, hear our prayers both spoken and unspoken

Amen