Table Blessing (Lynne Morrow)

Lord of all creation, give us the eyes to see your earth and every element with its intrinsic beauty and value; all people as sisters and brothers.
Help us to build up a world where we can share the abundance of this earth through justice and peace; cherishing the beauty in each other, and in all your created world.
In this spirit of abundance we recognize each other as sister and brother and welcome everyone at your banquet table to share in the community created through your Gracious Love.
Amen.


I enjoy reading some of Cesar Chavez (and others') prayers from National Farm Worker Ministry. This is an adaption of one such prayer. In adapting it, there is a strong sense of Sally McFague's Manifesto to North American Middle Class Christians (from Life Abundant) on my mind and in my heart. I used this blessing for the Community Inter-Faith Thanksgiving Eve service at my intern site in North Shore Glenview last year.