Category: Collects

Holy Spirit of God, who knows the deep places of our hearts even better than we do, fill our hearts with gratitude, awe, and love at the willingness of Jesus to give himself for our sake, that in being so filled with that love, we might be willing to freely give of ourselves for one…

Good shepherd of the flock, who seeks out all those who are lost, gather us together in one spirit and one mind, that rather than biting and devouring one another, we would all listen to your voice and follow in your footsteps of service and care for the world, through you who gave yourself for…

Good shepherd, who nurtures, protects, and guides us, your sheep, show us how we might participate in your work of gathering the many into your fold, that as many as are willing might know your voice and would enjoy your goodness, through you who is both lamb and shepherd and ultimately lord of all with…

Good shepherd, who knows us much better than we know ourselves, increase our knowledge and trust in you, that we would know you truly and deeply as dear friends know one another and would be able to understand your great love for us and what you ask of us in the world, through you who…

Spirit of Christ, who lives within our hearts, grant us the wisdom to recognize those leaders who do not care for us and who are only looking to themselves and their profit, that we would entrust ourselves to ones who follow in the footsteps of Jesus’s love and sacrifice, through him who died and was…

Good shepherd, who watches over us as your flock, we thank you for your willingness to give up your life for our sake. Grant that our hearts would be filled with gratitude for your sacrifice and with the yearning to follow in your footsteps of love for all people, through you who now reigns with…

Lord Jesus Christ, our example and leader in the way of goodness and truth, show us what it is to be good as you are good, that we would know your ways and would walk in them, fulfilling your way of justice, mercy, and humility in the world, through you who was exalted to the…

Lord Jesus Christ, who was revealed to the world to save us from sin, show yourself to us that you would be imprinted upon our hearts, so that our sins might become like ash in our mouths compared to the greatness of your love and glory, through you who lives and reigns with the Father…

Holy Spirit of God, the presence of the Almighty as close as the air we breathe, write your law on our hearts, that your ways would be ingrained in our very being and we would thus escape temptation and falling into sin, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who fulfilled the Law through the sacrifice of…

Almighty God, whose nature is holy and whose will is pure, may we purify ourselves from all sin and wrong, that we would be ready for the coming again of your beloved Son where we would be changed into your likeness through the transforming power of your presence and love, through Jesus Christ our Lord,…