God our Provider,
Out of Your fullness You cause life to spring up,
even in dry and barren places;
You control the troubled waters,
making paths to safety;
You hear our cries and receive our tears;
You restore us to joy.

We thank You for Your Son,
whose life and light have guided us
through this Lenten season.
In His suffering and death, He knows full well
the troubles and pains we all face,
but His resurrection is wrapped up in the hope of our own.
Surrounded by Your overflowing love, we know we are not alone.

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

O God, we pray for people who wait in difficult places.
For those suffering, and those at life’s end;
for people struggling with employment and financial worries;
for those estranged from loved ones;
for those trapped in the grip of addiction;
for people enduring emotional or spiritual turmoil.
Because You are able to make a way in every wilderness,
we give You thanks.

We pray for the needs of the world.
May peace invade places of war
and justice crowd out oppression and cruelty.
Make all conflict cease.
Bless leaders of communities, states, and nations,
that they may speak the truth and work together
for the common good.
Pour out healing on the earth itself, depleted and injured
by our careless consumption and intentional greed.

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

O God, we pray for the church,
the body of Christ in the world.
May we proclaim Your Word boldly.
Lead us by the power of the Holy Spirit
to witness to Your truth,
for we remember and proclaim
that death does not have the last word
in our lives, in the church, or in the world.

We give You thanks, O God.
You are making all things new!

All this we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.