Prayer

PRAYER

CONFESSION: Lord,

help me to face the truth about myself.

Help me to hear my words as others hear them,

to see my face as others see me;

let me be honest enough to recognize

my impatience and conceit;

let me recognize my anger and selfishness;

give me sufficient humility to accept

my own weaknesses for what they are.

Give me the grace to say, “I was w... See more

Loving God, our hearts are heavy with

the sufferings of this world. We remember the many

victims of political power and greed:

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the innocent killed in war and violence;

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all those who are tortured or put to death;

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those who languish in prison and camps;

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those missing or trafficked;

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all whose lot your Son shared by being born when

Herod was king.

Lord, in... See more

PRAYER

O God, defender of the poor and oppressed, we

pray for the sick poor in our midst, whose dignity is

often assaulted and who can be so vulnerable—or

even forgotten—in being able to get adequate health

care. O God, give them comfort in their sickness.

Help us to hear their cries and come to their aid.

Teach us to see with your eyes their tremendous

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PRAYER

CONFESSION: Lord God, you require us to do

justice, love mercy, and walk humbly before you. We

confess that we have not loved you or our neighbor in

this way. We repent of this. Grant that your Holy Spirit

drives us to seek these things through Christ. Amen.

Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty?

We believe.

Do you believe in Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who

was born of the Virgin Mary, and was crucified under

Pontius Pilate, and was dead and buried, and rose

again the third day, alive from the dead, and ascended

into heaven, and sat at the right hand of the Father,

and will come to judge the living and... See more

Lord, I am at the end of myself. I don’t have the strength, the control, or the mastery to do what You ask. I am broken, raw, and desperate. Meet me here, in the chaos. Teach me to trust in Your sufficiency, not my striving. Teach me to rest in Your grace, not my efforts. Be my peace when I cannot find it. Be my strength when I am weak. Be my God w... See more

This Teaching Clip made me think of you. Watch Matthew 6:11 by Jerry Flowers:

Come, thou Holy Spirit,

Send from highest heaven

Radiance of thy light.

Come, Father of the poor,

Come, giver of all gifts,

Come, light of every heart.

Of comforters the best,

Dear guest of every soul,

Refreshment ever sweet.

In our labor, rest,

Coolness in our heat,

Comfort in our grief.

O most blessed light,

Fill the inmost hearts

of thy faithful ones.

Without ... See more

PRAYER

Lord, my God, Light of the blind and Strength of

the weak; indeed, also, Light of those who see, and

Strength of the strong: listen to my soul, and hear it

crying out of the depths. Lord, help us to turn and

seek you, for you have not forsaken your creatures the

way we have forsaken you, our Creator. Let us turn

and seek you, for we know you are he... See more