Prayer for the workers: the drivers, the farm laborers, the delivery men
A food delivery rider poses for a photograph while wearing a N95 respirator on March 8, 2020 in Cardiff, United Kingdom Image by Getty Images
Editor’s note: This is part of our series “Prayers for a Pandemic.” Read more here.
Our God, and God of all Life,
We call you Oseh, Maker
Yotzer, Crafter
Poel, Worker.
You, Who labored to build this world in which we live
Who calls us to be Po’alei Tzedek, workers of justice —
We call to you
Be with all those who labor in the midst of this global pandemic.
Shelter those who grow our food in the field.
Guard those who bring healing in lab and clinic, in hospital and pharmacy.
Guide in peace those who deliver basic needs by road, track, and air.
Uplift those bent low bearing loads in manufacturing and sanitation.
Send love to those who connect us through wire, wave, and cable.
Provide companionship to those who work in solitude,
ease to those who work in anguish,
safety to those who step into harm’s way,
dignity to all whose labor benefits us.
As they raise up their souls to grant us all life
may we repay them in fairness and righteousness.
May our lawmakers and employers assure them a living wage,
health care and sick leave
education, documentation, citizenship
and the right to organize.
All the rights,
human and Divine
due to all beings
created in Your image.
And let us say: Amen
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