Lord, listen to your children praying.
Lord send your spirit to this place.
Lord, listen to your children praying.
Send us love. Send us power. Send us grace.
Lord, listen as we pray.
Hear our prayers wrapped in…
Our anguish.
Our fear.
Our uncertainty and anger.
Our hopelessness and our hope.
Hear our prayers for the people of Paris and the people of France.
And, our prayers, too, for the people of Lebanon and the people of Israel and of the Palestinian territories and people of Kenya and all those other places where there were also bombings and violence and the loss of life. Listen as we pray for the refugees fleeing that violence and that hopelessness and for those desperately working to meet both their needs and the safety and security of their own communities. And, listen as we pray, O God, for those who think that violence somehow serves the God of righteousness and love.
And, Lord, listen as our prayers circle and pull in much closer to home. Our prayers for ourselves and our families and our children and our friends. Our prayers for those who are ill and those whose health is declining. Our prayers for those who struggle to find their way. Lord, hear our prayers. Hear our prayers for our households and our country and the communities in which we live. And, our prayers for all those who have been named in our midst this day.
Lord, listen to your children praying.
All your children as they pray.
Lord, send your spirit to this place.
Lord, listen to your children praying.
Send us love. Send us power. Send us grace.
Amen.
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