At a time when thousands of hectares of forest and arable land are going up in smoke,
we know we can pray to you, Jesus, the man of agricultural parables…
Pray for the firefighters and all the volunteers battling the blaze.
May they know that you stand with them in their fight to save their fellow citizens and the land that sustains them.
To pray to you for our farmer friends who, throughout the year, through their expertise and hard work,
prevent the land from returning to wasteland and desertification.
To pray to you for all those living in parts of the world where climate change has already
wreaked havoc and is causing the displacement of starving populations.
To pray to you for the dreamers, the utopians, the courageous, who are fighting against the degradation of
the environment, and come up against conflicting financial interests.