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A Collect to See People as God Sees
God of great humility, who sees the world so differently than we, help us to recognize people beyond their status and wealth and see them…
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A Collect to Escape Vanity and Glory
Lord Jesus Christ, who modeled for us humility and the security of knowing the Father’s love, keep us from vanity and pride that might…
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A Collect to Escape the Enchanting Selfish
Spirit of wisdom, who knows the hearts of all people, teach us to recognize those whose hearts are duplicitous and who look first to…
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A Collect to Escape the Lure of Status
Lover of our souls, who does not despise us for our weaknesses, free us from the temptation to find our value in status and the esteem of…
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A Collect to Avoid Overentanglement with
Great Teacher, whose wisdom is greater than all the scholars of the world, keep us from becoming entangled in rules and rituals and…
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A Collect to Be Marked Principally by Love
Great Trinity of persons, whose nature is perfect love, let love be the foundation of our character as it is with you, that our lives…
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A Collect to Love the Lord Our God
O Lord our God, who is above all, incline our hearts to love you with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, that we would value what…
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A Collect to Remember Those We Have Lost (All Souls Day)
God of the living, into whose care all who believe will rest, we remember this day those who have gone before us, who we have lost and we…
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A Collect to Be One People (All Saint’s Day)
O Lord God, who created heaven and earth and will create them anew, gather us together as one people under your reign as you have…
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A Collect to Seek What is First
Pure Lord Jesus, whose heart desires only that which the Father desires, instill in us a will to seek always what is first and of…