Prayer for 13 November 2022

A Corporate Prayer (on Veterans Day weekend)* 

Kind Father 

We have heard the call to Give Thanks and Praise

It is always right and good to rejoice in your loving kindness, tender mercy, and merciful justice

We Give Thanks 

For the Gift of Grace, of redemption born of Jesus

We Give Thanks

for the indwelling Spirit who makes your kingdom personal

We Give Thanks

for a house of worship, with neighbors, friends, and family

We Give Thanks

for our country, its veterans, its liberty and opportunity

We Give Thanks

for a new day filled with your Holy ambitions

We open our hearts anew to you this morning O Lord*

That the Love of the Father and

The Life of Christ

And the Breath of the Spirit 

Would quicken within us a greater affection for your ways

Bring comfort 

to those who are grieving

Bring healing

to those who are struggling in mind, soul, or body

Bring the warm embers of friendship

to those who feel alone

Bring the care and courage of your kingdom and church

for those who are poor

* this prayer took in three points of input - Psalm 107, Veterans Day in the US, and part of the liturgy for ‘a liturgy of the hours - before daybreak’ from Every Moment Holy.