As part of our
liturgy at Annual Council 2015, each delegation wrote a prayer for their
parish. We are sharing these prayers each week in the eNews so that we
all can support one another in the upcoming year.
St. Stephen's, Petersburg
Dear God, we come
to you for strength and guidance. As always, we pray that we are more of
a help than a hindrance. But we also pray that we better appreciate the
vast and varied gifts we've been blessed with...that we can help each
other uplift the strengths and not condemn the weaknesses but instead
strengthen those as well. We ask that you grant each of us a better
understanding of the struggles we may be going through and help us to
show more compassion. And Lord, we pray for an extra dose of patience as
you help us to see that our opinion isn't the only opinion and that it
is your will that shall be done. Amen.
St. Francis', Virginia Beach
Lord Jesus Christ,
who called your servants to be disciples of your Word. Give us the
grace to follow in their footsteps, that we may devote heart, soul,
mind, and strength to your loving service and discipleship. Guide us
into your glorious kingdom, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit
you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen.
