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A Collect for Detachment from This World’s Goods
Lord of all creation, whose treasure stores are immeasurable, may our love and compassion for others be so great that it eclipses our…
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A Collect to Love Even Those Who Sin Against Us
Compassionate Father, who sees your sinful people still as children worthy of love, help us to see the world as you do, that we would not…
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A Collect to Escape the Desire for Praise
Lord God, who is the one who justifies us and has chosen all of us since before creation, help us to escape the desire for the esteem and…
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A Collect to Bless Those in Need
God of justice, who will bring about all things at the fulfillment of the ages, keep us from growing overly comfortable with ease and the…
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A Collect to Remember All Things Shall Pass
Lord God Almighty, who stands outside of time, let us not be lulled into security or despair in our need, but help us to remember that…
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A Collect for Eschewing the Deceit of Wealth
Lord of all nations, who sets aright a broken and inverted world, let not our hearts be fooled into trusting in money and resources for…
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A Collect to Understand Kingdom Values
High King of Heaven, who rules over all nature, teach us your ways, and give us hearts that understand the values of your kingdom, that…
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A Collect for Faith in Jesus’ Wisdom and Power
Lord Jesus Christ, great teacher and worker of miracles, draw us to you with all eagerness and expectation, that we would trust in your…
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A Collect to Lament Our Sin
O Spirit of truth, who knows the deep places of our hearts, help us to recognize our broken and sinful state and to lament the ruined…
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A Collect to Set Aside All That Entangles Us
Spirit of God, who knows the thoughts of our hearts, search us and reveal to us those things that keep us from following you wholly, that…