Dearest Lord God, help the seven billion peoples of the seven continents, so many and so varied in language and culture, to discern what is good and acceptable and perfect for your world so that, putting aside ourdifferences, we might strive diligently to achieve your will for us, here on earth.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Dearest Lord God, we in your church are many, yet we are one body in Christ. Help us to discern what is good and acceptable and perfect, so that, putting aside our differences, we may strive diligently to achieve your will for us, here on earth and in Emmanuel Parish.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Dearest Lord God, be with the 300 million citizens of this great nation, the United States of American, as we seek to discern what is good and acceptable and perfect for your word, so that, putting aside our differences, we might strive diligently to achieve your will for us, here on earth.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Dearest Lord God, we are many and varied across the social order – rich and poor, sick and healthy, hungry and sated, homeless and sheltered, despairing and joyful, loved and lonely. Help us to know that we are one family, so that, putting aside our differences, we may strive diligently to achieve will for us, here on earth.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Dearest Lord God, we love the natural world – the skies, the seas, the earth and all that fly and swim and crawl and grow upon it. Help us to discern what is good and acceptable and perfect for the natural world, so that we might strive diligently achieve your will for your wondrous creation, here on the earth.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Dearest Lord God, we love our families and friends and neighbors here on Orcas Island. Be with us as we seek to discern what is good and acceptable and perfect in our relations with each other. Hear our fervent prayers for ourselves and our loved ones. Help us as we strive diligently to achieve your will for us, here on earth.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Celebrant: Dearest Lord, help us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is our spiritual worship, here on earth. Amen