Prayers
Your support of the project means a lot. One important way of supporting us is to join us in prayer.
Below are some suggestions to get you started.
Compassionate and loving God, you created the world for us all to share, a world of beauty and plenty. Create in us a desire to live simply, so that our lives may reflect your generosity. Creator God, You gave us responsibility for the earth, a world of riches and delight. Create in us a desire to live sustainably, so that those who follow after us may enjoy the fruits of your creation. God of peace and justice, You give us the capacity to change, to bring about a world that mirrors your wisdom. Create in us a desire to act in solidarity, so that the pillars of injustice crumble and those now crushed are set free. Amen.
Live Simply Prayer
Walk lightly each leaf, each petal, each grain, each person, sings your praises, Creator God. Each creature on the earth, all the mountains and great seas show your glory, Spirit of love. And yet the hand of greed has patented and plundered your splendour, has taken and not shared your gift, has lived as owner of the earth, not guest. And so the ice is cracked, the rivers dry, the valleys flooded and the snowcaps melt. God our Father, show us how to step gently, how to live simply, how to walk lightly with respect and love for all that you have made. Amen
Walk Lightly
We believe in God who gave us a world to share in friendship, equality and peace. We believe in God who created all people and our world out of love. We recognise that the world is unequal and unjust and that we are individually and collectively responsible for being good stewards and for working with hope and love to restore God’s kingdom on earth. We believe in Christ, living, suffering, dying and rising, the life force in the whole of creation. We believe in one world, one people, fed from one table. We believe that we are all vital parts of Christ’s body, reflecting his love, by and through our actions, compassion, attitudes and choices. We believe we are God’s instruments through which by faith, prayer and action we will change the world. We believe in a God of love, who calls all of us to listen to each other, to actively share and treat each other as equals in humility and hope. We believe that within God’s circle of love, faith and trust we all share in a worldwide hunger for justice as brothers and sisters in Christ.
A Live Simply Creed
God of grace, creator of a world of plenty, the heavens declare your glory and the earth your generosity. In love, you created us and in your likeness you made us to be partners in creation. In greed, we have turned away and have marred your image in us to fashion a fragmented world. Renew in us your vision of wholeness, that the rich may restore wealth to the poor and the poor share blessings with the rich. Revive in us a passion for justice, that the tyranny of profit be quelled and whispers of freedom find voice. Refresh in us our sense of calling, that we may follow Christ in serving others and live simply with those who simply live. Amen.
A vision of wholeness
