Please pray for the people of Calderdale,
Cockermouth, river deltas in southern USA, Bangladesh
and other places prone to flooding,
low-lying islands; and everyone who fears
the next rains, the next high tide.
Please pray for people who fear
losing their livelihoods through drought,
warming of the seas,
climate change.
Please pray for people, and industries,
so wedded to fossil fuels
that they cannot see any other way forward.
Please pray for all those who long to see
the earth being a good place to live
for generations to come,
but don’t know how to make a difference.
Please pray for all people,
for all the earth:
O God, set us free from this mess.