A Collect for Joy

Lord God Almighty, who gives good gifts to your people, grant us joy and comfort and gladness, that we would be satisfied with your goodness and praise you for the generosity that you pour upon your children, through Jesus Christ our deliverer, who reigns in perfect joy with you and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

‘Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow. I will give the priests their fill of fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my bounty, says the LORD.’ – Jeremiah 31:13-14