Grace
Dear God,
thank you for all that is good,
for our creation and for our humanity,
for the gifts of life and of one another,
for your love which is unbounded and eternal.
for the food before us,
the family and friends beside us
and the love between us.
Amen.
Psalm 23 (KJV)
- The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters. - He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. - Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Collect
Eternal Spirit, living God,
in whom we live and move and have our being,
all that we are, have been, and shall be is known to you,
to the very secret of our hearts
and all that rises to trouble us.
Living flame burn into us,
cleansing wind, blow through us,
fountain of water, well up within us,
that we may love and praise in deed and in truth.
Amen.