For the just and proper use of your creation; For the victims of hunger, fear, injustice, and oppression.

God's creation is astoundingly abundant and resilient. It will take a great deal of abuse and continue its creative and self-healing way.

But persistently improper use of God's creation does have consequences. The first to feel the consequences are the most vulnerable, human and otherwise.

Hunger could be - should be - a temporary threat readily addressed. In some places it has become a persistent condition artificially maintained through fear, injustice, and oppression.

When we pray for the victims of these consequences, surely we are praying that we be made aware of how we contribute to hunger, fear, injustice, and oppression.

And in praying for awareness, are we not also praying for help in amending our behavior?