Prayer

God over all,

The culture in which we live is prone to selfishness and short-sightedness. As those devoted to your mission of healing, help us continue to resist such tendencies and to continue advocating for a society founded on unity and the pursuit of the common good. May we stand out for the sincerity of our commitment to serving patients and communities, not for our own sake but because you called us, equipped us, and sent us to do this good work. With thanks for your invitation to be part of this mission, we pray. Amen.

Prayer

Spirit of hope,

We work hard as a ministry to bring more of your dream for the world into reality. Yet we also face challenges that can sometimes distract us from the vision we’re called to pursue. In responding to setbacks, we invite you to dispel every doubt that would otherwise tempt us to think we aren’t making difference. Grant us instead an unwavering faith in your promises and the resilience to hold on to your mission. May we trust that, with your hand to guide us, all things are possible. Amen.

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God who hears us,

We pause now to seek your face again, thankful that you are so faithful to answer our prayers and deliver us from every fear that would grip our hearts. Help us focus on you today, the source of all joy, so we might freely share your life-giving love with others, especially those who are most in need. For the sake of all our patients and families and wider communities, may our lives reflect your healing compassion, drawing all those we serve into a deeper experience of wholeness, integrity, and peace. Amen.

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Holy Spirit,

Bravery and heroism are expressed in many ways, yet perhaps never so powerfully as when we choose to forgive those who wrong us; or when we are strong enough to confront hatred with love. As those called by your name, fill us with your spirit so we can exemplify your character towards all those we encounter, including even those who are hard to love or who otherwise offend us. May our lives bear witness to your grace and mercy, and may we be instruments of peace and reconciliation in a world that desperately needs your healing touch. Amen.

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God of all people,

We take time today to honor all the indigenous peoples who, long before us, dwelt on the land we now inhabit together.  The wisdom of their cultures and their practices of living in harmony with nature are needed correctives to much of the waywardness we see in today’s means of production and consumption. As we recognize and celebrate those ancestors who gave their hearts and souls to shape a world worth leaving their children, help us to honor them concretely by reforming ways of being and doing that are destructive to sustainability, community, and the harmony you embedded in the gift of creation. As one human family, we pray. Amen.

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God of Character,

As partners in ministry at Bon Secours Mercy Health, we come to work each day aspiring to live out our organizational values, including our value of integrity. In all our personal and collective interactions—with patients and families, co-workers and partners and venders, inside and outside our ministry—we commit to act ethically and to model right relationships. Empower us, therefore, to live up to this value and never to compromise our integrity for any price. Instead may we be courageous in the way we embody integrity, along with all of the values that sustain us together. Amen.

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God of the seasons,

As we approach the final days of summer, lead us to cherish all the sweetness that summer brings: sunshine and ice cream, family vacations with food on the grill, the gift of good times together through the long hours of daylight.  Although these events will soon become memories, help us to remember the joy and happiness they gave us, that we might carry that joy into the coming season of Fall. You send us so many simple, yet wonderful, gifts, which are well worth remembering.  In gratitude and praise, we pray, Amen.