Sacred Meditations

God has linked our lives together. We pray that He would guide us in the work we do, that it may not be for self alone but for the common good, and that He would bless all who work as well as those who are out of work. “For Labor …

God always resists the proud, but He never forsakes those who trust in His mercy. So we pray that He would grant us to trust in His mercy. Collect for Proper 18 (the Sunday closest to September 7), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God has created us in His own image. So we pray that He would grant us grace to contend against evil and make no peace with oppression. “For Social Justice,” from The Book of Common Prayer.

Because God is the author of peace and lover of concord, we pray that He would defend us against the assaults of our enemies. Source: A Collect for Peace (Morning Prayer II), from The Book of Common Prayer.

In this time of great uncertainty and unrest, we pray for our country. Source: For our Country, from The Book of Common Prayer

Our heavenly Father has created us in His image and redeemed us through His Son Jesus. We pray for the human family–that God would have compassion on us and remove all arrogance, hatred, and division, and accomplish His purposes on earth. “For the Human Family,” from The Book of Common …

The earth and all its fullness, the world and all who dwell in it–they all belong to God. We pray Him to grant that His redeemed people be cheerful givers so that many may hear the Good News of salvation and be comforted in their needs. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” …

Our Lord Jesus was rich, but He became poor in His incarnation, crucifixion and resurrection; by His poverty we become rich in His forgiveness and life. We pray Him to grant us the gift of charity, that we may serve our neighbors’ needs and proclaim His mercy. Source: “Sacred Meditations …

God–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–gives all good things. Therefore we pray that He would graft into our hearts all good things: the love of His Name, true religion, and the fruit of good works. Collect for Proper 17 (the Sunday closest to August 31), from The Book of Common Prayer.

When Jesus proclaimed, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” He willed that the entire life of the Christian be one of ongoing repentance. We pray Him to lead us in our daily dying to sin and daily arising to live with Him in righteousness and purity forever. …