As we pause today to reflect on the role Fair Trade plays in the march toward global economic justice, the CRS economic justice team thanks our friends at the National Catholic Rural Life Conference for this prayer:

Gracious God, you create us and love us; you make us to live together in a community. We thank you for Martin Luther King, Jr. and all your children who have been filled with your vision for our lives and who have worked to make bring your vision into reality.

Fill us with your vision. Guide us to live by your vision, working to build the beloved community where everyone is welcomed, all are valued, power is shared, privilege is no more, and all your children know wholeness and well-being. 

Amen.