Author: mgreen

Blessed Jesus, who still works miracles in the world, teach us to understand when we seek you for your gifts and when we seek you for yourself, that our love for you would be mature and pure, seeking not merely ourselves, but the relationship that you desire, through you who lives and reigns with the…

Lord God, you who raise up kings and cast down nations, deliver us from our troubles, that we would rejoice in your goodness and salvation and would live to praise you another day in peace and safety because of your love, through Christ our redeemer who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit over all…

God of compassion, who gives refuge to those whose need is great, draw our hearts to care for the poor, that we would see them as you do: beloved children who deserve to be seen, known, and cared for and members of the body of humankind and potentially of your church, through Christ our Savior,…

Holy God, in whom there is no hint of darkness, save us from our own foolishness, that with you we might turn from our corruption and sins and instead fulfill the good that you have prepared for us to do in loving you and those you place around us, through Christ Jesus our Lord who…

Almighty God, who can accomplish far more than we understand, work within our hearts, that we would be transformed by your presence, your power, and your love and become more than we even have capacity to imagine before seeing your goodness with our own eyes, through Christ Jesus our redeemer, who reigns with you and…

Holy Spirit of Christ, who abides within our very being, grant us understanding to know the greatness of the love of Christ, that we may be filled with that love and saturated entirely with it, made secure in the firm belief that God will never let us go, through Christ our Lord, who reigns with…

God of love and all goodness, in whom we live and move and have our being, ground our hearts in your love, that we would be secure in our connection to you and rooted in your goodness, able to bear all that passes knowing that we are never disconnected from you, through Christ Jesus your…

O God our Father, from whom we receive life and breath, strengthen our hearts through your Holy Spirit, that we would be able to endure the sufferings that life brings and to serve you and one another as loving ministers of the good news of Jesus Christ, through him who reigns over all things by…

Spirit of the Lord, who lives within us as we are living temples of God, speak to us again of peace with you and with one another, that we would recognize our common humanity and seek the good of all, to your great delight and joy, through Christ Jesus our Lord who died that all…

Great Messiah, who shed your blood that we might live, speak to our hearts and invite us ever more to receive the reconciliation that you offer, that our whole selves might be brought near to you and be filled with your peace, through you who has made us one as you are one with the…