Prayers at Home
The first ingredient in a recipe for hope is prayer. Prayer is one hopeful thing we can do for hungry people no matter where we are or what we are doing. Here are some suggestions for prayers you can use throughout this campaign and beyond.
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Prayers While Cooking
Dear God, thank you for this food. May all your people eat so well. Amen.
Dear God, thank you for all these ingredients (naming each one). Be present in the cooking and eating of this meal, and be present with all those who have no food today. Show me how my life can be a blessing to them, and lead us all toward that day when no one will suffer hunger anymore. Amen.
Prayers at the Table
Holy God, you cause the earth to bring forth an abundance of beautiful and nourishing food. Thank you for your overflowing generosity toward all your creatures. Bless this meal, that it may give strength to our bodies. Remember, O Lord, those whose cooking pots are empty today. Bless them with the knowledge that you are with them and that help is coming. Move the hearts and hands of those who have the power to end hunger, so that kitchens all over the world will be filled with food, laughter and hope. Amen.
Give us this day our daily bread, O Father in heaven, and grant that we who are filled with good things from Your open hand, may never close our hearts to the hungry, the homeless, and the poor; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Prayer While Throwing Out Food
God, I'm sorry. I took this food and didn't eat it. Please forgive me for wasting food, especially when so many people don't have enough. Starting now, make me wiser and help me take better care of the food you have given me. Amen.
Breath Prayers
(This type of prayer is especially good while walking, doing household tasks or working with your hands. Inhale on the first phrase, exhale on the second. Repeat with each breath.)
Bread of life, Bread of heaven
Give us this day, our daily bread
