THE LORD'S PRAYER - SPEAKING TO CLIMATE JUSTICE
Following the recent record-breaking temperatures here and around the globe, no one can deny the world is getting warmer and the effects are getting more deadly. This alternative responsive version of the Lord's prayer was written by Eco-congregations in England and Wales back in 2017 but seems no less relevant today. Music in the film below was provided by kind permission of the master and fellows of St John's College Cambridge:-
The Lord's prayer - faith in a changing climate.
"Our Father who art in heaven,
You are also at home in the air, the soil, the forests and the oceans
Hallowed be thy name, by the care we take of your creation.
Your kingdom come, all that you see is good.
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven,
Your will to till and care.
Give us this day our daily bread, that all may have sufficient to live life in fullness.
Forgive us our trespasses, our greed, our exploitation, our lack of concern, for other species and for future generations,
As we forgive those who trespass against us, by reconciliation with justice and peace.
Lead us not into temptation, the temptation to equate dominion with exploitation,
And deliver us from evil, the evil of destroying your gift of creation.
For yours is the kingdom - yours Lord, not ours,
The power and the glory, in the cross and the resurrection, forever and ever
You were the beginning, and you are the end.
Amen and so it be."