Just God, you are our hope and our salvation. In confidence we pray: God, in your love, hear our prayer.
Teach us your hidden wisdom, and help us to live according to your Word.
God, in your love, hear our prayer.
Increase our awareness of and response to the oppressed and those who live in the midst of war.
God, in your love, hear our prayer.
Give patience, peace, and healing to the sick and suffering.
God, in your love, hear our prayer.
Our Father . . .
May we prefer nothing to the love of Christ, and may he bring us together to everlasting life. Amen.