Sisters and brothers,
let us lift our hearts in faith
to the one who hears all prayers
and holds close all those in need.

Almighty God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth,
Hear our prayers for this Sanctuary family.
Strengthen the faithful and arouse the careless.
You give us all things necessary
for our common life together,
so bring us all to be one of one heart, one mind, and one body
in Your church.

We pray for our enemies,
for Your Son, O God, commands us to love our enemies.
Lead them and us from prejudice to truth;
deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge;
and in Your good time enable us all to stand
reconciled before You.

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

O God, make us instruments of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let us sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is discord, union;
where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, grant us hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.

Grant that we may not so much
seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Holy God, You gather the whole universe
into Your presence
and continually reveal Your Son as our Savior.
Bring healing to all wounds,
make whole all that is broken,
speak truth to all illusion,
and shed light in every darkness,
that all creation will see Your glory and know Your Christ.

All this we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.