we ask that your kingdom come on Earth,
and peace and equity reign throughout this land
and all lands.
Help us to never surrender to contempt,
but instead to believe
that we can choose good over evil,
that we can deny the power
of resentment, division, and indifference.
Help us to lay willing hands to the plow of justice
as we seek to turn the soil of suffering
into a field of hope.
Help us to plant seeds of compassion with each step,
and make our hearts the fertile ground
to bring the common good to life.
Help us to tend the tender shoots of faith
in You and in each other, Beloved Savior,
to create a verdant field of witness
to the love we bear each other without distinction.
Merciful God, lift up those who struggle,
comfort those who mourn,
soothe those who are anxious,
we humbly pray.
Amen.
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