God of everlasting love, your glory shines throughout the earth.
In gratitude we lift our hearts to you and pray: Fill us with your Spirit, O God.
Receive our gratitude for the gift of our lives and all of creation, and help us respectfully appreciate, nurture, and steward nature’s gifts.
Make us and all your Church generous in sharing our gifts with those who lives are threatened by poverty, disease, violence, or neglect.
Shower your peace on families and communities that gather on this holiday, and safeguard all travelers.
Our Father . . .
May God enlighten and direct our minds and hearts to the mind and heart of Jesus, in company with our ancestors and saints who have gone before us in faith.
Amen.
