Prayer

Healer,

We give thanks for the talent and devotion of our associates. For their strength and expertise, and their commitment to provide quality care to all those in need, especially people who are poor, dying, and underserved. As we continue your mission today, we also give thanks that at the end of the day it is our shared dignity before you that enables us to open the doorway of healing. In all the ways that matter most, we heal with our selves, through the human touch. May we all find ways to be truly present with and for those we have been given to serve this day. As one family before you, Amen.

Prayer

God over all,

Memorial Day is about gratitude and remembrance. It’s about honoring the men and women who made it possible for us to gather on this day in peace. Let us not forget that the reason that there is a Memorial Day is so we might remember those who made our way of life possible. They truly are the guardians of our freedom. May our celebration of Memorial Day renew our commitment to the mission of Bon Secours Mercy Health and the ministry we share together. Amen.

Prayer

Spirit of Life,

You have been so faithful to us, especially in moments of seeming despair. There have been times in our lives when we felt breathless and drained of life. Yet your spirit has filled us, carried us, and empowered us to stand up again. Fill us that way today, on this Pentecost Sunday, as we open our hearts to your life-giving presence. Empower us to be agents of life to all those we meet. In the reality of the abundant life that you’ve won for us, and in the hope of your coming kingdom, we pray. Amen.

Prayer

God our provider,

Deliver us from thinking we can supply all our needs, by our own steam. Even if we could, what a solitude existence that would be! You call us to come out of ourselves and into connection with you and with others, sometimes gently and sometimes urgently. You challenge us to see the goodness of our limits, so that we might discover the vastness of your resources for our life, growth, and development, together. Teach us, then, to lean more upon you and each other in healthy ways. Amen.

Prayer

God over all,

Memorial Day is about gratitude and remembrance. It’s about honoring the men and women who made it possible for us to gather on this day in peace. Let us not forget that the reason that there is a Memorial Day is so we might remember those who made our way of life possible. They truly are the guardians of our freedom. May our celebration of Memorial Day renew our commitment to the mission of Bon Secours Mercy Health and the ministry we share together. Amen.

Prayer

Holy God,

Where did we get the idea that holiness somehow means becoming other worldly, aloof from the concrete realities that surround us in life and work and all in between? You are a good creator who loves all that you’ve made, just as it is. May we have eyes, then, to see how all things are held together by your loving attention. Even those things that to us seem most unwieldy, edgy, and “rascally.” May we become more holy by loving it all, fully, just as you made it. Amen.

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God who cares,

We can all get sidetracked by the accoutrements of life. Influence and income and accolades. Yet if these are pursued for the own sake, apart from a life animated by the care and concern of others, we have sadly missed the boat. Help us be people who know how to care for others and are ready to make a difference. Amen.