Lector: Precious Lord, there are too many in our world who su?er from war, hunger, and violence. We pray that you will shine your compassionate love on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and that you will guide our own feet on the path of peace. Lord, help us bring your good work to completion.
Precious Lord, your church asks for guidance to a love that over?ows with knowledge and insight, that we might reach out to the world in the righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ our Lord. Lord, help us bring your good work to completion.
Precious Lord, guide our nation in tender compassion for the widow, the orphan, and the stranger. If not we, who will help them? Lord, help us bring your good work to completion.
Precious Lord, in a nation of plenty, many of us struggle to secure housing and food; in a nation of wealth, many of us cannot a?ord health care; in a nation of freedom, too many of us are imprisoned; in a nation of opportunity, many of us are left behind. Help us to serve you in love by graciously and gladly sharing our well being. Lord, help us bring your good work to completion.
Precious Lord, what a world you have given us to call home! Bright seas, tall mountains, skies full of bird song, ?owing rivers, fertile ?elds, and abundant forests. Help us to rejoice in creation by preserving its beauty and bounty for generations and generations to come. Lord, help us bring your good work to completion.
Oh Lord, too many of us su?er in mind, body, and spirit. Bend in love to those who are curled in pain and despair, who shake with fear and uncertainty, who weep in loss and longing. Make low their mountains, make straight their paths, and smooth their way to healing and hope. Be with those we now name, silently and aloud (long pause), including those on our parish prayer list: that they might rejoice in the comfort of your compassionate love. Lord, help us bring your good work to completion.
Dearest Lord, we ask special prayers for Father Ted Leche for healing after surgery on his leg. We remember with full hearts his loving service to Emmanuel from 1967-1974 and again in 1995. Lord, help us bring your good work to completion.
Presider: We are deeply thankful, Lord, that you hear our prayers of gratitude and supplication. We pray without ceasing and with joy in our hearts. Amen.