The Lord's Prayer Cycle Prayer 3- Give Us Tomorrow's Bread Today

Our Father in heaven, 
loving Parent and Creator, 
tender Mother, 
we ask that you give us tomorrow's bread today, 
that we may lay down to rest in peace 
and rise in strength and hope to do your holy work. 

Help us to remember and help those who are hungry 
each time we ourselves give thanks at table. 
Bless the farmers with a bountiful harvest 
and bless them and for their love and care of the earth. 
Grant that all who produce our food 
do so safely, sustainably and humanely. 
You sustain us with abundant grace: 
make us hunger for that bread that gives eternal life. 
Bring us together at your table 
for that heavenly banquet which unites all in your kingdom. 
May we be strengthened and renewed 
in communion with You and each other, 
and inspired to spread your Love into the world. 

Watch over those whose needs we now remember, 
especially those we now name.

Amen.

Bread of Heaven (based on John 6)

O Bread of heaven,
come down.
Come down and fill us with your Spirit—
for your Spirit satisfies like no other.
We hunger and thirst for you this morning
and long to be nurtured
in your love and forgiveness.
So we come to this sacred time and place,
where our hungers are finally and fully satisfied
as only your bread can do.
We will wait and listen
for your leading in this hour.

Amen.

--Adapted from The Abingdon Worship Annual 2009, © 2008 Abingdon Press.