Into your mercy we commend ourselves, and for peace at the last we pray, that all your creation may give you praise and worship, through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Lord have mercy.

Our great God has formed the dust of our being in the midst of the waters of creation. Let us adore the Righteous One, saying: O God, feed us with mercy: Lord, hear our prayer.

For the Tree of Golgotha, our true tree of life, by whose just fruit we live, the church worships you, O God. May your people ever praise and serve you and all the world’s people. O God, feed us with mercy:

O God of the seas and rains, we praise you for watering and sustaining all things living. We bless you for the waters flowing from Jesus’ pierced side. Give to all candidates of baptism, and to all the baptized, the sure hope of your grace. O God, feed us with mercy:

Send us to the nations where there is a famine of the word; show us those who await the bread of life; and confront us with those who suffer in hunger. May our abundance supply their need. O God, feed us with mercy:

Lord and judge of all ,confirm what is good and just in the hearts of those who rule the nations. Make all in authority to govern in justice the peoples whom you have made. O God, feed us with mercy:

For all who desire wisdom, for all who need hands to bear them up, for the naked and the outcast, for the sick and the dying [[[especially N.]]], for all in need of your gift of abundant health, we pray for your mercy:

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For all the holy people before us who served you as their only wisdom amid life’s temptations [[[especially N.]]], we give you thanks, O God. Give your holy angels charge over us, and bring us who live in the wilderness of time from the waters of baptism into the garden of your great love, where we will be no longer in hunger, but filled with your life forever, through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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