Category: Collects

Patient Father, who tarries with your sinful children, how often we spurn and reject the invitations you send to us, enamored with our…

Lord Jesus, prophet, priest, and king, you set your face like flint toward your calling, even knowing the pain it would require. Give us…

Lord Jesus Christ, who lived ever in obedience to the Father, let us not fear those who threaten us and intend to harm us for our work in…

Lord God, who sees into the hearts of all people, let us not be surprised when people oppose us for doing good, for they opposed you….

Lord God Almighty, who watches over all the happens in creation with great attention and care, let us not forget that we must endure…

Lord Jesus Christ, who knows what it is to be tempted, let us not expect that temptations will cease, even as we resist them, for the…

Lord Jesus Christ, who sought always to escape the masses even as you served them, keep us from the allure of fame and the praise of the…

Lord Jesus Christ, who knows what it is to be tempted as you were also tempted in the wilderness, shield us from the lure of worldly…

Lord Jesus Christ, who was tempted to satisfy his hunger in the wilderness, open our hearts to see our deepest needs, that we might not…

Lord Jesus, who is filled by the Spirit because you are one with the Spirit, you were led into the wilderness to remain for forty days….