O God, our Divine Parent, may your presence be ever revered. May your peace and justice dwell among us. May your love and compassion live within and between us. Nourish us daily with the necessities of life; sustenance for our bodies, and inspiration for our spirits.
We are here to praise and enjoy God with body and soul, mind and heart, with song and word, with hands and feet. We are here to give because of the abundance God has given us, to share with each other, and to receive, because God has created us to depend on each other. We are here to celebrate the differences that otherwise might divide us: differences of age, of body, of culture, of opinion, of ability, of religious conviction. We are here to put things in perspective: to celebrate what matters, to laugh about things we take too seriously, to cry about things that truly touch our hearts. So may it be this morning: Amen!
Derived from the Lord's Prayer
Our Goodness, which is in compassion, We revere your vision. May we support your ways In common deeds As we do in our highest ideals.
From the New Zealand Prayer Book
Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, Loving God, in whom is heaven:
Our Father who dwells within – All in all, In you I live and move and have my being.
Dear One, closer to us than our own hearts, farther from us than the most distant star, you are beyond naming.
Despite its familiarity and almost constant liturgical use, the Lord’s Prayer has become difficult for even some devout Christians to pray in our
Dear One, closer to us than our own hearts, farther from us than the most distant star, you are beyond naming.
Great divine spirit of love that is at the core of everything and from which all life flows, We acknowledge your healing and transforming power.
Breath, love, hope, inspiration -- truth that sings forth from within even as I am enveloped with its challenge,
A contemporary rendering of the Lord's Prayer
O Divine Power of Creation Hallowed be thy name The mystery of thy grace be with us
Good caring presence within us, around us, and above us; Hold us in a sense of mystery and wonder.
A contemporary version of the Lord's Prayer adapted from the prayer book of the Anglican Church of New Zealand.
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