Pastoral Prayer for May 12, 2024

Our pastoral prayer this morning comes to us from Ted Loder.

Please allow his words to become your own personal words:

Loving God,

grant me

a sense of humor

that adds perspective to compassion,

gratitude that adds persistence to courage,

quietness of spirit

that adds irrepressibility to hope,

openness of mind

that adds surprise to joy;

that with gladness of heart

I may link arm and aim

with the One who saw signs of your kingdom

in salt and yeast,

pearls and seeds,

travelers and tax collectors,

widows and judges,

sowers and fishermen,

and who opens my eyes with these signs

and my ears with the summons

to follow to something more

of justice and joy.

Amen.