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Grace

Dear God,
thank you for all that is good,
for our creation and for our humanity,
for the gifts of life and of one another,
for your love which is unbounded and eternal.
for the food before us,
the family and friends beside us
and the love between us.
Amen.

Psalm 111

  1. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa./ Praise the Lord.
    I will thank you O Lord with all my heart:
    in the company of the upright in their assembly.
  2. Great are your works O Lord:
    and to be studied by all who delight in them.
  3. Your deeds are full of majesty and splendour:
    and your righteousness endures forever.
  4. You have caused your marvellous acts to be remembered:
    you Lord are gracious and full of compassion.
  5. You give food to those who fear you:
    you keep you covenant always in mind.
  6. You have shown your people your power in action:
    by giving them the lands of other nations.
  7. The works of your hands are faithful and just:
    and all your precepts are trustworthy.
  8. They stand fast forever and ever:
    they are grounded in truth and justice.
  9. You sent redemption to your people,
    you decreed your eternal covenant:
    holy and awesome in your name.
  10. The fear of you O Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
    those who revere you have good understanding:
    your praise shall endure forever.

Collect

Eternal Spirit, living God,
in whom we live and move and have our being,
all that we are, have been, and shall be is known to you,
to the very secret of our hearts
and all that rises to trouble us.
Living flame burn into us,
cleansing wind, blow through us,
fountain of water, well up within us,
that we may love and praise in deed and in truth.
Amen.

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