A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH

You who led your people through the wilderness
to the promised land,
who carried the faithful through the throes of
Good Friday
to the joy of Easter Day:
Hear us as we pray for your people today,
in this land
and at this time...
When we fear what lies ahead,
when we feel overwhelmed by the task
of pointing people
to your love
and mercy:
Remind us that you are a living God,
still at work,
still planning and promising...
When our heads go down
and our shoulders droop:
Lift our eyes
that they may look into yours
and see there a love
that will not
ever
let us go.

Amen