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 85:7-13
- Show us your mercy O Lord:
and give us your saving help. - Let me hear what you will say O Lord:
for you will speak peace to your people,
to your servants whose hearts are turned to you. - For deliverance is at hand for those who fear you:
so that your glory may dwell in our land. - Mercy and faithfulness have met together:
justice and peace have embraced each other. - Faithfulness will spring up from the ground:
and righteousness will look down from heaven. - You Lord will give prosperity:
and our land shall yield its harvest. - Justice shall go before you:
and the path for your feet shall be peace.
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.