Dear Mother, Father God, we come to you with our hearts open in prayer, together in this community of worship, and personally as you know each of us as your child. Lord, may we draw your love through us to each other, to your world and to those you call us to serve. Thank you […]
God is love. Dearest Lord, we love because you first loved us. We know that if we love one another, your love will live in us. Open our hearts so that your love may be perfected in the world. Dearest Lord, we pray. God is love. Dearest Lord, we know that everyone who loves is […]
Good Shepherd, we pray for your church, we give thanks for our Rector, Berto and ask that we learn to be shepherds rather than hired hands. Holy Spirit, help us to love this week, not just in word today. Good Shepherd, we pray for these United States and all our leaders that they may guide […]
God, we praise you for creating and sustaining all things. We thank you for creating us in your image and giving us the ability to love. We thank you for the gift of your Son, our teacher. By your Holy Spirit, inspire us to show love to others. We pray for the church and those […]
On this day we praise our God for the dying which destroyed our death, and we pray for our world in need of life, saying: Lord have mercy. The Lord calls us to examine the wounded hands and feet of the risen one and to know the depth of his love for us. Let us […]
Lector: Precious Lord, in whose resurrection we ?nd abundant hope, look down upon our troubled world with loving eyes. Teach us to love you with all our hearts and souls and strength and minds and to love one another as ourselves. For in that love, death shall have no dominion. People: Dearest Lord, we pray. […]
Lord, we pray for your church, in all its forms and all its leaders, especially Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury, Katherine, our presiding bishop, Greg, our bishop and Berto, our Rector, may they sustain the weary with a word. Make your face to shine upon your servants. Lord, we pray for these United States, and our […]
God of love: Listen to our prayer for those who need love. Those who live away from their families, in broken homes, neglected, unwanted, or alone. Hear our prayer. God of giving: Listen to our prayers of thankfulness. For our Rector, Berto, and for all in our congregation who spread the good news, especially our […]
Lector: Embraced by God’s word, let us intercede for all those in need, saying: Have mercy, O Lord. For the church, that our Lenten hunger may be for justice, and our thirst for deeds of justice, we pray: Have mercy, O Lord. For the church, that all those to be baptized at Easter may see […]
Precious Lord, help us, citizens of earth, to keep your commandments, even if we are not Christian. For we know that your law is only your wish of love for us — love for you, for creation, and for each other. In Christ we pray. Precious Lord, help us, your church, to be your expansive […]