Eternal Spirit,
Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and shall be,
Mother and Father of us all,
Loving God in whom is heaven –
The hallowing of your name echo through the universe;
the way of your justice be followed by all peoples on Earth;
Your heavenly will be done by all created beings;
Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain out hope and come on Earth.
With the bread we need for today, feed us;
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us;
In times of temptation and test, strengthen us;
From trials too great to endure, spare us;
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For you reign in the glory of the power that is Love,
Now and forever.
AMEN
From the NZ Prayerbook ; written by Rev Jim Cotter.
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