| Blessed are you, God of the planet earth.
You have set our world like a radiant jewel in the heavens, and filled it with action, beauty, suffering, struggle and hope. Blessed are you, God of Aotearoa/New Zealand, in all the peoples who live there, in all the lessons they have learned, in all that remains for them to do.
Blessed are you because you need us; because you make us worthwhile, because you give us people to love and work to do for your universe, for your world and for ourselves. |
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| (Copyright material taken and adapted from A New Zealand Prayer Book: He Karakia Miihinare o Aotearoa is used with permission. © General secretary of the Anglican church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, New Zealand, pp.619,641, 142.) | |
 (Left) Members of the Commission of Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) gather for the Prayer service in St. John’s Anglican Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia, opening the 57th CCIA meeting, February 2020. Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC |
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| Loving God, provide a voice for our struggles.
Provide extra paddles to bring us together. Grant peace to our hearts, our ears and our eyes to forgive and to love our neighbours and our enemies. O Lord, give us a chance to redeem the Fonua* and to reclaim paradise. * "land and people" in Tongan language |
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(© Rev. Valamotu Palu, general secretary, Pacific Council of Churches, Suva, Fiji) |
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Ecumenical Prayer Cycle
In the coming weeks, the World Council of Churches' prayers focus on our nation and neighbouring region. Join together to pray together for:
06 - 12 November 2022
Oceania: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia (Maohi Nui), Kanaky, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
13 - 19 November 2022
