Dear Lord, do Thou graciously keep the blessed fruits of the field,
purify the air, give fruitful rain and good weather, that the fruits of
the land may prosper; let them not be poisoned, so that by eating them we
together with the cattle be not taken with pestilence, fever or other
plagues; for such plagues come when evil spirits poison the air, and
afterwards the fruits, wine and corn, so that we by Thy infliction eat
and drink sickness and death with our own daily bread. Therefore, dear
Lord, bless Thy gifts that they may redound to our health and prosperity,
and that we also may not abuse them to the injury of our souls or to
greater sinfulness, intemperance and idleness, out of which unchastity,
adultery, profanity, swearing, murder, wars and all manner of evils flow;
but give us grace to use Thy gifts to our souls' salvation, and the
amendment of our lives, and that the fruits of the Land be the means of
furthering and keeping the health of our bodies and souls. Amen.