40 Prayers of Great Traditions
Give those I love perseverance; may they place full trust in you and
not fear the reproof of the world. Where they find shame or rejection,
may they find blessing in your sight. Give them endurance in all
things and keep their souls through Jesus Christ. Amen.^136
I pray for my community and neighbours......
I pray for all who work in peace and love. I pray also for those
who do not live in peace and love this day. Teach them that you are
the ground of our whole life and our everlasting keeper. Defend us
against all who would destroy or divide, through Jesus Christ in
whom all things will be one.^137
I pray for the church and mission of Jesus Christ in all places......
Lord God, teach us your people to seek your purposes and to
desire only your perfect will and so to be one with those who have
gone before us into the presence of Christ.^138
I pray for all in authority and for the needs of the world......
Good Lord, bring all humankind into unity, into submission to the
glorious Trinity, until the whole world is enclosed in rest and in peace
and the spiritual thirst of Christ for our saving will come to an end.
In his name I pray, Amen.^139
Our Father......
Conclusion
Lord God, your goodness enfolds all your creatures and all your
marvellous works, and surpasses them for ever, for you alone are
eternal. You have made us only for yourself and restored us by your
precious passion. You keep us in your perfect love. And all this is of
your goodness. O God, in your goodness give me yourself, for you
alone are sufficient for me. Amen.^140