G20 Prayer

This has been adapted from the 'Put People First' Ecumenical Service.

'We stand in prayer as the global economic crisis casts a shadow over the peoples of the earth. In a world as closely connected as ours, each of our actions affects the whole. We are sorry when we have failed to act beyond our narrow interests. We seek to live as a community and care for others, especially the vulnerable and the poor among us.

As the G20 meet, we ask for wisdom from the leaders of the world. Where nations have pushed their agendas on others; we ask that becomes partnership and love. Where people have lived lives disconnected from their human family in other countries; bring solidarity and compassion. May we see the dawning of a new world, a world of justice, mercy and humility.Help us transform our lives so we find light in darkness, seek solidarity with our human family and in our emptiness recover wholeness from our brokenness.

With hope for a better world.'