Author: mgreen

  • A Collect for the Humility to Learn from Many

    A Collect for the Humility to Learn from Many

    Great teacher, who has called us out of darkness into light, grant us contentment and humility, that we would have no need of great status or the esteem of many but would recognize our need for one another and the gift of being amongst many brothers and sisters, through you who abides in perfect union…

  • A Collect to Trust in God’s Love

    A Collect to Trust in God’s Love

    Loving Father, who desires that all would believe in your care, help us to trust and be satisfied in your love and the love of our friends and family, that we would not need the esteem and admiration of many but be filled and content already, through Jesus our brother, who humbled himself and was…

  • A Collect to Nourish Our Souls Well

    A Collect to Nourish Our Souls Well

    Gracious God, who knows our weaknesses, show us how we ought to nourish our souls, that we would not need to use our good works to profit for ourselves but may do them freely in love as you have loved us, through Jesus our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,…

  • A Collect to Not Abuse Our Privilege

    A Collect to Not Abuse Our Privilege

    Lord of Heaven and Earth, who came not to be served but to serve, grant us willing hearts to do whatever is needful, that we would not abuse our privilege or authority but work as you do for the good of all, through you who dwells forever in glory with the Father and Holy Spirit.…

  • A Collect to Practice What We Preach

    A Collect to Practice What We Preach

    Wise teacher, who is expert on the law of life and love, help us to live out what we claim, that we could not be accused of hypocrisy and would please you with our lives and not merely our words, through you who reigns over all creation with the Father and Holy Spirit in glory.…

  • An All Saints’ Day Collect

    An All Saints’ Day Collect

    High King of all that shall ever be, who reigns from your throne in heaven above, may we stand together with all those who praise you with one voice, that we might learn from one another and accept one another, growing in love and becoming like you who gives generously to all, through the lamb…

  • A Collect to Find Comfort in God

    A Collect to Find Comfort in God

    Almighty Father, who has been and shall remain and will be forever, may we remember your presence always, that in times of trouble and times of peace, we would find in you a home and a place of safety and comfort, through Jesus our brother, who abides with you and the Holy Spirit in perfect…

  • A Collect to Love Others Purely

    A Collect to Love Others Purely

    God of truth and love, who seeks the good of your people, help us to love one another purely, that we would not fall into flattery or manipulation and seek to use others to benefit ourselves, through Jesus our redeemer, who gave himself for us in love and now abides with you and the Holy…

  • A Collect to Look to God’s Approval

    A Collect to Look to God’s Approval

    Almighty creator of all that is, whose power knows no limits, let not our hearts by pinned to the opinions and approval of the world, that we would be focused on your desires and the goodness and virtue that is forever your nature, through Christ our Lord, who showed us faith, hope, and love, and…

  • A Collect to Know Our Hearts

    A Collect to Know Our Hearts

    Holy and indwelling Spirit, who knows the thoughts and intentions of our hearts, grant us insight into our true motivations, that we might release all those impulses that spring not from love and act out of the goodness that you have shown us, through Jesus our Lord, who abides in you with the Father in…