Collects and Thoughts

  • A Collect for Hope in the Coming Redemption

    A Collect for Hope in the Coming Redemption

    Lamb of God, our shepherd and guide, set before our eyes and hearts the hope of the last days, that we might take comfort in your coming redemption of all things – the end of hunger, thirst, suffering, and pain – and in this be strengthened to walk with you on the journey, through you…

  • A Collect to Remember God’s Goodness to Us

    A Collect to Remember God’s Goodness to Us

    Almighty God, who rests on the throne of highest heaven, let us not forget the good that you have done for us, that we would be ever grateful for your salvation and blessings and care and thus would worship you in great joy and gratitude all our days, through Christ, the Lamb, who lives before…

  • A Collect to Be Rid of Prejudice

    A Collect to Be Rid of Prejudice

    Great God, who sits on the throne of heaven and earth, root out any prejudice in us, that we would stand with our sisters and brothers from all nations in unity before you, one people who are called by your name, through Christ our Lord, who died that all might live and now abides with…

  • A Collect to Follow Christ

    A Collect to Follow Christ

    Good shepherd, who bears both rod and staff for our good, help us to follow you wherever you lead, that in being close to you, we would receive the undying life that flows from your presence, through you who lives and reigns in unity with the Father and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen. ‘My…

  • A Collect to Trust that God Knows our Needs

    A Collect to Trust that God Knows our Needs

    Lord Jesus, the good shepherd, we thank you for knowing us better than we know ourselves. Increase our trust in you – in your understanding of our needs and in your desire for our good, that we would look to you for safety and provision and guidance all the days of our lives, through you…

  • A Collect to Hear Jesus’s Voice

    A Collect to Hear Jesus’s Voice

    Good shepherd, who calls to your charges with love, help us to hear and recognize your voice, that we would attend to you and know what you wish of us and may thus follow where you lead, trusting that you lead us towards pleasant pastures, through you who lives and reigns with the Father and…

  • A Collect to Be Drawn Closer to Christ

    A Collect to Be Drawn Closer to Christ

    Good shepherd, who tends to those in your care, take us into your fold and draw us ever closer to you, that we would trust in you ever more and follow you wherever you lead, through you who lives and reigns forever with the Father and Holy Spirit in green pastures above. Amen. ‘…but you…

  • A Collect to be Relieved from Trouble

    A Collect to be Relieved from Trouble

    Loving Father, who attends with delight to your children, take from us our misery, and replace it with joy, that we would find relief and in gratitude praise you for your goodness and care for us, through Jesus our redeemer, who suffered for our sake but now abides in perfect happiness with you and the…

  • A Collect to Accept Whatever the Lord Chooses

    A Collect to Accept Whatever the Lord Chooses

    O Lord, you who determine the paths of stars and planets, help us to accept from you both good and ill, trusting in your plan and your goodness, that we might receive from you what we need at the right time even as we ask for mercy and grace from your hand, through Christ our…

  • A Collect Asking for Forgiveness

    A Collect Asking for Forgiveness

    Almighty God, who abides in highest heaven, we thank you for your graciousness and forgiveness. Do not hold our sin against us long, but grant us again your favor, that your kindness and love would draw us more and more into your kingdom ways and we would live ever more in imitation of your beloved…







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