Lord you are concerned for the poor. You are their defender; their shield. And Lord we know that those that set themselves against the poor set themselves against you. Especially when they do it for gain. And so Father, we pray for the poor that are being injured through the narcissistic environmental policies of the 1^st world.

Lord, the rich are keeping the common wealth of humanity from the poor through political and economic machinations and the poor are being ground down. See this evil, Lord. See and rise up as the protector of the impoverished and free them from the grinding oppression of those that eat up the houses of the poor. Lord, open our eyes to every way that we can be a help to them.

And Lord God we praise you because of your cunning. We praise you for the way that your enemies do the work of digging their own pit before they fall into it. We praise you for the great peals of laughter that undergird history. We pray that you would fill the low bottom of our hearts with your laughter that we might crumble the machines of war that are trained on the poor with a tireless joy. Make us your hands and feet for their relief.

Hallelujah, the Lord God omnipotent reigns for He is risen and death is dead forevermore. AMEN

 

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