Dearest Lord, hold our precious earth and all its peoples in your loving embrace, so that we, too, might learn to embrace each other in love.

With our whole hearts, we pray.

Dearest Lord, we are your church.  We gather in the name of your precious son so that we might be the face of his loving kindness in the world.

With our whole hearts, we pray.

Dearest Lord, you are the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in.  Send your peace to the streets of our great nation.  Help us to greet one another with loving kindness.

With our whole hearts, we pray.

Dearest Lord, you have promised that if we offer food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then our light shall rise in the darkness.  Guide us in your healing work.

With our whole hearts, we pray.

Dearest Lord, your earth is a garden whose waters never fail.  Help us to care for this earth, precious and beautiful sustainer of body, mind, and soul.

With our whole hearts, we pray.

Dearest Lord, look to those who are afflicted in body, mind, and spirit, especially those on our parish prayer list:

Help us to hold them tenderly, with compassion and great kindness.

With our whole hearts, we pray.

Presider:  O Lord, guide us continually and satisfy our needs in parched places.  Amen.