Trinity of Love: Prayers for the Climate and Ecological Emergency

Send us Fan MailWords and Voice vy Rev'd Jon SwalesMusic. 'Father' by Rev'd Chris Sayburn. Used with permission.Father of Creation,God of Compassion,We thank you that you are a holy Trinity of Love Who rules and reigns with self-giving sacrificial love. To you, we give all praise, honour and glory.In this time of climate breakdown,we ask that we would be filled with your love.For a love, which in a wounded world, makes a difference. Trinity of Love, Fill our hearts.For a love, which in a warming world, looks like something. Trinity of Love, Fill our hearts.For a love, which in a culture of denial, speaks truth. Trinity of Love, Fill our hearts.For a love, which in a world of oppression and indifference, challenges injustice. Trinity of Love, Fill Our hearts.Fill our hearts, O Lord, with love forClimate refugeesThose caught up in climate-related conflicts Those suffering from extreme weather events Those who face drought and food shortagesFather of Creation,God of justice,We thank you that you are not indifferent to those who suffer injustice and oppression.In this time of climate breakdown, we ask that You would give us a holy rage,4: Trinity of Love.A righteous anger,Which seeks to stand up,Speak out andOppose the machine of unrestrained capitalism.Father, in the name of your son,Let us be those who rebel against Evil which tramples on the vulnerable.Father, in the name of your son,Let us be those who rebel against systems that put profit before people.Father, in the name of your son,Let us be those who rebel against economic forces that put pleasure before ethics.Father, Give us courage.Father, we ask that, like Jesus, our anger would come from a wellspring of Holy love. We ask that our righteous love and holy angerWill always be good and never turn itself into violence.We pray for an increase in peaceful truth-speaking, campaigning and protest.We pray that it would be made clear to our governments that we will not be silent until we have plans put in place that do not jeopardise our futures and the wellbeing of the world's most vulnerable.Blessed are the peacemakers.Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice.Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Amen