One
For animals neglected and ill-treated
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One
For animals hunted to death
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One
For animals exhibited for
entertainment
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One
For animals killed for convenience
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One
For animals in crates and tethers
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One
For animals genetically manipulated
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One
For animals bought and sold in
markets
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One
For animals suffering in laboratories
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One
For animals patented as inventions
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One
For animals slaughtered for food
All
Give us new hearts, O God.
One:
O God
give us new hearts
that we may feel again
the suffering of our
fellow creatures;
deliver us
from ourselves
and the evil
we inflict
on the animal world.
There follows a pause for reflection
One
From our denigration of animals
All
Free us, O Lord.
One
From thinking of animals as things
All
Free us, O Lord.
One
From our indifference to cruelty
All
Free us, O Lord.
From our systematic exploitation of
animals
All
Free us, O Lord.
One
From treating animals as machines
All
Free us, O Lord.
One
From our abdication of responsibility
All
Free us, O Lord.
One
From our spiritual blindness
All
Free us, O Lord.
One
From our shrunken sensibilities
All
Free us, O Lord.
One
From our hardness of heart
All
Free us, O Lord.