Lord God Almighty,

Please give me the means and money
to live independently and support myself
but never to live inordinately or beyond my means.

Make me always a responsible servant
of all the goods you have given to me,
and keep me ever free from covetousness
and from the temptation to seek
gold and riches for their own sake.

Help me always to share generously, God,
and never make a god of money.

In our land today 1% of our people
own almost 20% of our wealth.
Please let us find a peaceful way
to a more fair and equitable distribution
of the goods and gifts you have bestowed on America.

Please, Lord of All, help us to banish avarice
and stealing, break-ins and robberies
and murders for money, corruption in financial markets and price-gouging, and ruses in mortgages --
all of which harm the very poorest among us.

Please give us sane and fair governmental protection,
so that every person has sufficient resources
to sustain himself and herself
and children for whom they are responsible.

Let us not like ancient peoples be led astray
to worship at the altar of some golden calf,
or to be selfish with what has been given to us.

Rather God of Justice, and God of the Poor,
guide us to use all our resources
generously and wisely,
and let us never make gold into our god,
or money into an end in itself.

All this I pray to You my Lord and Divine Master,
with confidence and hope and love.

Amen