How can we pray with the world’s poor when we live in a society whose self-interest often lies in keeping them poor? This powerful and richly-varied collection of prayers brings these concerns to the heart of the church’s living worship, for prayer is itself a valid form of action on behalf of the poor.

These prayers, poems and meditations through the Christian year celebrate the struggle and the hope, and the solidarity of Christians with one another. They are without false jollity in the face of suffering or simplistic sloganeering in the face of complex political problems. They are about being truthfully exposed to God in the real world.

Devotional and inspirational, these prayers are designed for ordinary worship in a variety of denominational settings, as well as by individuals.