Lord thank you for
Let us see and acknowledge these especially when present in our common life together, and seek these in those who would govern us.
Help us to apply these gifts in our interactions with others, and pursue goodness O Lord.
Amen
Matthew 1:23, 7:12, 8:16-17; Is. 53:4-6; Ps. 103
We thank you Lord for coming to be with us.
For choosing to take on our infirmities, heal our diseases, comfort our sorrows, carry our burdens, forgive our transgressions, and suffer for our inequities.
Be with us still, and stay with us, despite our many lapses.
Guide us, care for us, and teach us your ways, so we might better do for one another as you have done for us.
We confess our constant need for your presence O Lord, and praise your Holy Name.
Amen
Lord, lead us to peace
We are so tired Lord, and we have struggled with our fears and our resentments for too long.
Show us the way O Lord, lead us to peace.
Amen
Forgive us Lord, for we have sinned.
We have allowed technology to command our focus and fracture our attention.
We have closed our hearts and isolated ourselves, retreating from our fellow citizens.
We have followed the false gods of money and power and celebrity, and so lost our way.
Free us O Lord to see our world as it is; open our eyes to its needs.
Free us O Lord from our loneliness; help us create connected, resilient communities.
Return us O Lord to the right paths; help us to ensure the safety, the tranquility, the dignity of all.
Let us heed your admonition to turn from evil and do good, to seek and pursue peace. (Ps 34:14)
Forgive us, and lead us, O Lord.
Amen
Prayers For Our Country 