World Food Day (October 16) and International Day for Eradication of Poverty (October 17)

Creator God, you blessed us with earth's abundance, and charged us with stewardship for your creation. Your prophets called us to faithfulness, to bring good news to the poor and to proclaim Jubilee. Bless us with our gifts of faith and citizenship. May your message ring out through our words and deeds. Open the eyes and hearts of our leaders, that we may as a nations rise to the challenge and dedicate our resources to ending hunger in your world. Thus may we see the light of Christ shine forth to all the ends of the earth. Amen.

From Bread for the World