A Prayer for Essential Workers

Post Author: Julia Singleton

“Thank you essential workers!” by spurekar is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Loving God,
While some of us are in the safety of our homes,
you have called others to risk themselves and their families to keep our communities running.
We give you thanks for the doctors, the nurses, the respiratory therapists, and all working in healthcare.
We give you thanks for the store employees, factory workers, and delivery people.
We give you thanks for those who feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and bury the dead.
We give you thanks for the teachers working to raise up the next generation in physical and virtual classrooms.

We give you thanks for first responders, dispatchers, social workers, daycare and shelter employees,
and those working in trades that require them to go into others’ homes and businesses.
God, for all those seen and unseen, we give you thanks.
All work in the community is essential, and we are especially grateful during this time
for those who are making great sacrifices for the good of the whole.
God, may they know that we see them and appreciate them.
May they be protected.
May their families not be overburdened.
We pray they may have full health in mind, body, and spirit during these difficult times.
Amen.