Lector: As people of faith, we are called to be prophets. Let us open our hearts and call upon our God, saying: O God, hear our prayer. That our wounded and numbed hearts may be given hope, and that in our weakness we may be empowered by God’s guiding hand, let us pray, saying: O […]
Lector: Eternal God, we pray for your church, our Presiding Bishop Michael, our Bishop Greg, our priests Berto and Hugh, may they inspire us to be your servants in this temporal world. May righteousness look down from heaven and truth spring up from the earth. Eternal God, we pray for these United States, our President […]
Lector: Dear Mother, Father God, Lord of All Heaven and Earth, We pray to you with hearts longing to know your peace. We surrender our longing into your hands Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray for your churches throughout the world, in their many forms, that your power and guidance shall inspire […]
Dearest Lord, through Paul, you teach us how to open our hearts for service: with purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love, truthful speech and the power of God. Open wide our hearts for your righteousness. Dearest Lord, you are known by your acts of justice. Your church must be a beacon for […]
Lector: O Most High, may the love of Christ urge us and all members of your Universal Church on to be your servants. We walk by faith, hear our prayer. O Most High, may Donald, our President, and Jay, our Governor, be faithful leaders keeping this nation and state safe while recognizing that all men […]
Lector: Oh Holy Father-Mother-Creator-Source of all Being, one with all that is, ever was and ever will be. Great is the majesty and wonder of creation. We can but contemplate a fraction of the splendor that is your all-pervasive divinity, your light that is brighter than a thousand suns, your magnificence that floods the universe […]
Lector: Beloved Great Mystery who presides over the Universe: We bow before You, sensing your Presence in all that we do and are. Today is our Holy Sabbath–a day dedicated to you, and one in which we keep our awareness especially on you. May we learn to do so every day, may we avoid being […]
Abba, Father! You sent your son that the world might be saved. May his message of peace, love, and justice ring throughout the nations, healing the wounds of hate and greed. Help us set aside our selfish interests to love one another. Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship. Abba, Father! Whom shall you […]
Dear Mother, Father God, We come to you with our hearts open in prayer, gathered together as a community, and individually, as you know each one of us as your child. Lord lead us to abide in your love, and love one another as Jesus loves us. Lord, may we draw your love through us, […]
Lector: Father/Mother Lord, You could not be more clear about who you are than in your epistle from John: “God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” If we are to find healing on earth, we must love. Let us love one another, for love comes […]