Most Merciful and Generous God,
we commit ourselves to your way today,
and set our feet upon the path of faithfulness.
Forgive us our offenses,
our foolishness and hardness of heart,
and grant us the wisdom and courage to change.
Teach us to use the gifts you have given us
of reason, perseverance, and observation
to look with new hearts
at the problems of our time,
at the suffering that surrounds us
that we ourselves act to find solutions,
for such work is prayer, as well.
Grant us abundance of peace,
and the will to work for it with singleness of heart,
standing alongside the oppressed with solidarity.
Gather within your mercy
all those who seek you,
all those who are suffering in body, mind, or spirit,
O God Our Shepherd.
Pour out your comfort, Lord Christ,
upon those for whom we pray.
Amen.
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