10/23/2021 0 Comments Prayers of the People, P+22BIn fear and hopelessness, we bow before you, Lord,
devastated by the ways in which our unexplained grief is wreaking havoc on our lives. We can neither comprehend nor communicate the depths or our inadequacy. Our questions far exceed our answers both in quantity and in substance. We lift our prayers to you, O God, and seek your mercy. Your people are counting their losses, Lord, and finding the weight of them too heavy to bear. Violence, division, and addiction destroy families. Greed and abuse of power oppresses the poor. Illness rips our loved ones from our arms. We lift our prayers to you, O God, and seek your healing. We call to you from our places of isolation, our separation from community, our blindness and fear and faith, and we continue to call persistently, hoping you will hear us and call us to follow. Hear our prayers as we seek to listen for your wisdom and your guidance. Open our hearts to a new perspective. Teach us humility for ourselves and compassion for the other. Make of your people agents of hope and recommission us to share the Good News with all who will hear it. We lift our prayers to you, O God, and await your Spirit's anointing.
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