Various prayers issued by the WCC

http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/central-committee/geneva-2009/reports-and-documents/report-on-public-issues/statement-on-eco-justice-and-ecological-debt.html The following prayer is offered as a resource to enable the churches’ engagement with the issue articulated above:

Creator and creating God, 

''in the wonder of your world we experience your providential care for the planet and its people. ''

''We offer you our thanks and praise. ''

Creator and creating God,

in the exploitation of your world we recognise our human-centeredness and greed.

''We confess our sin before you. ''

We acknowledge our need for each other as part of your global family from North and South

And so we pray, “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors”.

Accept our confession O God and offer us your forgiveness

empowering us to transform our lives as individuals, churches and nations, 

proclaiming your love for the earth and its people,

enacting the principle of ‘Jubilee’ in our relationships with one another and the earth,

repaying our ecological debts in ways in ways which affirm your justice and shalom.