National Farm Worker Ministry an interfaith organization supporting farm workers as they organize for justice member organizations include nearly 40 national, state and local religious bodies
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God, our Creator, help us to feel in our hearts and bodies our deep connection with those who touch our food as it is grown and prepared. May we treat our food as a sacred gift from them and from you.
Dear God, we thank you for the opportunity we have had today to meditate upon your favor for the Samaritans among us. We pray that we may learn to show mercy, justice, and love towards all those who we, as a country, neither welcome nor accept into our borders. And we pray for your help in tearing down the borders and fences we have built around our own hearts, that we may learn to love and welcome each of your children as members of one body.
Bless the hands of the people of the earth, the hands that plant the seeds, the hands that bind the harvest. Soften the hands of the oppressor and strengthen the hands of the oppressed. Bless the hands of the workers; bless the hands of those in power above them, that the measure they deal will be tempered with justice and compassion.
Almighty God, we pray that our brothers and sisters working in the fields may be comforted in their suffering and made whole. When they are afraid, give them courage; when they feel weak, grant them your strength; when they are afflicted, afford them patience; when they are lost, offer them hope; when they are alone, move us to their side; in the name of the Healer, we pray. May we be your agents of healing.
O God our Creator, open our eyes to the beauty of cultures and traditions different from our own. Help us to understand that the crafts we create, the songs we sing, the stories we weave are in turn your creations. Guide us on the path towards a day when each person is able to discover her talents and be valued for those. Be with us as we discover the joy of the diversity among your people.
O God bless your children working in the fields, and bless those around room whose children sit in comfort. Give bread to those children who hunger and hunger for justice to those of us who have bread.
Holy God, we understand that the farm workers among us are in our time Lazarus at the gate. For their sake and for ours, may we open the gate now by finding ways to admit farm workers into our thoughts and into our lives. By welcoming Lazarus may we save ourselves from being the rich man who does not rest with God. This difficult work we ask to do in your name.
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