Almighty, merciful, and loving God,
Yours is the love that knows no barriers, no borders, no boundaries. Yours is the love that conquers distance, time, and troubles.
Wherever we find our feet planted, by your love, draw us together in communion with you and each other. To share, by faith in you, peace in our unity in You, in one body, one Spirit, one hope, one faith, one light, one baptism, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came to be and in whom we live.
To share, together, the joy of our unity in you and the fellowship we share with each other. To share, in thanks, the countless blessings you bestow on your creation and creatures as you crash in your Kingdom light.
Lord,
To a world that is searching in darkness, by the power of your Word, shine your Kingdom light. To a world that is suffering, grant the hope of release, for though there is trouble in this world, we can take heart, for you have overcome the world. To a world that is broken, grant healing and wholeness in the gift of forgiveness we receive in your body and blood.
King Jesus,
In a world churning with agendas, manufactured urgency, and busyness, prompt us to pause, to be still, to rest in you. Have us know that your love is patient. Reach out your long arm of grace. A grace that is love that seeks us out when we have nothing to give in return. A grace that loves us so much, that you took on flesh and entered creation as one of us, that you might save us. Rest us in your fulfilled promise that we are saved, now and forever more.
AMEN