Lord God, who has given us the sabbath for our benefit, help us to take advantage of the rest and refreshment that the sabbath provides, that we might be renewed and strengthened in space with you and one another and become ready again to take up your work of reconciliation in the world, through Jesus Christ who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit in glory forever. Amen.
‘Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”‘ – Mark 2:27-28