Faith Leaders Send Prayers Ahead of COP26
Cassandra Carmichael, Executive Director of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, Rev. Mitch Hescox, President of the Evangelical Environmental Network, Sister Patricia McDermott, RSM, president, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Jim Winkler, President and General Secretary, National Council of Churches, Rabbi Katy Z. Allen, Jewish Climate Action Network-MA, Rabbi Ellen Bernstein, founder, Shomrei Adamah, Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, Chief Executive Officer, Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Ikar-LA, Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb, chair, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, Executive Vice-President, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Rabbi Mordechai Leibling, POWER Interfaith, Rabbi Lee Paskind, Social Justice Commission of the Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, founder and CEO, Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, Ambassador Rabbi David Saperstein, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, founder and director, The Shalom Center, and Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, Executive Director, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, join together with Rabbi Daniel Swartz, Executive Director of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, to offer this variation on the traditional Jewish prayer for travelers as President Biden journeys to the COP26 in Scotland:
Prayer for President Biden as he embarks to COP26
May it be Your will, Borei HaOlam, Creator of our world, our God and the God of our ancestors, that You lead President Joe Biden toward peace, guide his footsteps toward peace, and enable him to reach his desired destination for life, gladness, and peace. Grant him the wisdom and courage to speak up for all life, for this generation and all the generations to come. You have blessed us with a garden, but our actions threaten to turn it into a desert.
Through your blessing, may the President lead the world to take the swift, ambitious actions needed to protect this common home, Your Earth, so that future generations inherit a just, sustainable, and bountiful world. May generosity triumph over greed, and may all the leaders gathered at COP26 stand in solidarity with the poor and vulnerable. May they work together with President Biden to ensure that all Your children are protected and valued as we make a just transition to a clean energy future. May You bless these leaders with wise and discerning minds, with courageous and caring hearts, and with compassionate and visionary souls. May they hear and heed Your call for justice, and may they answer as our prophets have, Hineni, Here I am, ready to do Your will.
May You send blessing in their handiwork, and grant them grace, kindness, and mercy in Your eyes and in the eyes of all who see them. May You hear the sound of this humble request because You are the God Who hears all who cry out to You. Blessed are You, Eternal Source of Love, Who hears all prayers.
Prayer for President Biden as he embarks to COP26
May it be Your will, Borei HaOlam, Creator of our world, our God and the God of our ancestors, that You lead President Joe Biden toward peace, guide his footsteps toward peace, and enable him to reach his desired destination for life, gladness, and peace. Grant him the wisdom and courage to speak up for all life, for this generation and all the generations to come. You have blessed us with a garden, but our actions threaten to turn it into a desert.
Through your blessing, may the President lead the world to take the swift, ambitious actions needed to protect this common home, Your Earth, so that future generations inherit a just, sustainable, and bountiful world. May generosity triumph over greed, and may all the leaders gathered at COP26 stand in solidarity with the poor and vulnerable. May they work together with President Biden to ensure that all Your children are protected and valued as we make a just transition to a clean energy future. May You bless these leaders with wise and discerning minds, with courageous and caring hearts, and with compassionate and visionary souls. May they hear and heed Your call for justice, and may they answer as our prophets have, Hineni, Here I am, ready to do Your will.
May You send blessing in their handiwork, and grant them grace, kindness, and mercy in Your eyes and in the eyes of all who see them. May You hear the sound of this humble request because You are the God Who hears all who cry out to You. Blessed are You, Eternal Source of Love, Who hears all prayers.