When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. Deuteronomy 24:19

At this time of harvest and gathering in, we pray for those for whom the gathering of food is a constant battle. We pray for Compassion Acts, where the harvest gifts of Holy Trinity will be used, and for the charities that support the farming communities throughout the world. We pray that the societies who have too much to eat will have pity upon those who have too little and learn to share fairly.

Bible Sunday reminds us of our commitment to follow the paths of goodness that Our Lord has set for us, bringing love and mercy, inclusion and generosity to all those around us. And to those we have never met, to those out of sight. We renew our willingness to absorb the wisdom and teaching from our Bibles each day.

And remembering St Francis, we pray for peace in the world, not just cessation of war, but the peace that only God can pour down upon us, peace that shows respect for all creation, peace that lifts the lowly and gives them a place at the table, peace that is everlasting and permanent.

We pray for all the young people going to university this month, for the first time, that they will be kept safe from harm and form friendships that will last and be loving.

Now he who supplies seed to the Sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 2 Cor 9:10