Wise and knowing God, who sees the thoughts and intentions of the heart, show us where our religion has become performative, that we would not go through the motions as if to satisfy a list but allow our hearts to be moved and changed to be like yours, through Jesus, your son, who did only what he saw you doing and now abides forever in joy with you and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
‘Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD?’ – Isa. 58:5