Love

Friendship

Friendship

Prayer

Loving God, on the night before he died, your son Jesus called his disciples friends. Let us give thanks today for the friends in our lives who help us to be better people, who see us through the difficult times, and are there to rejoice with us in the good times. Fill our hearts with the love and our minds with the wisdom to be good friends for others. May we strive to grow in friendship with you and imitate the friendship you offer us through your son, Jesus, in whose name we pray. Amen.

Love of God

Love of God

Prayer

Lord of all, today we celebrate with our Sikh sisters and brothers the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. Stir within us the same respect and appreciation he had for your presence in all that exists. May his commitment to equality, love, goodness, and virtue inspire us to model our behavior reflecting these eternal truths. Fill us with the same spirit that animated Guru Nanak and move us to lead lives of selfless service, commitment to social justice, and the affirmation of human dignity. Amen.

Vote

Vote

Prayer

Faithful Lord, today, we elect the next generation of our nation’s leaders. As we visit the polls and perhaps wait in long lines to cast our vote, open our eyes to the world around us and the struggles we face. Open our minds to your truth that it may guide us in the paths we should follow. And open our hearts to your love that the decisions we make today will not be for the benefit of party but for the good of all people and the earth we share. We pray through faith, in hope, and with love. Amen.

Compassion

Compassion

Prayer

God of compassion, we know what it is like to be treated with compassion. We know the difference it can make in our lives. Fill us with the spirit of your love that we might commit to extending your compassion to all those we encounter today and every day. May our commitment help to build more compassionate communities and a more caring world. With confidence in you, we pray. Amen.

Peace

Peace

Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, let me sow pardon. Where there is doubt, let me sow faith. Where there is despair, let me sow hope. Where there is darkness, let me sow light. Where there is sadness, let me sow joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love, for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

Success

Success

Prayer

Gracious God, we live in a world that measures success in many ways. For some, success is measured by the size of a bank account or the number of possessions surrounding them in their home. Still others measure success by the difference they have made in the lives of others. Fill our hearts with your love and compassion and our minds with your wisdom. Inspire us that we might resolve to be of value through positively influencing the lives of others. Amen.