Most High God, in the space of prayer we draw near to you, trusting that you are already near to us — as close as our breath, as close as the heartbeat within our chest. You are brilliant and powerful, the Delight of the heavens, the Song of the mountains, the Hope of the nations. We are awed to silence by you.

We come to you out of humility;
be the Boast of our faith.

We come to you out of thirst;
be the Wellspring of life.

We come to you full of gratitude;
be to this world the Source of all goodness and love.

We come to you with weary and weeping hearts;
be the End of all strife and the Beginning of all peace.

We come to you, dear Jesus, because there is no one else to whom we can turn;
be the Glory of our words, of our actions, of our aspirations.

By the power of your name, raise us up: from death to resurrection, from fear to imagination, from worry to love, from the dust to the stars, from silence to song. Raise us up like the bugle of a trumpet, calling us to walk in your ways with greater grace and love. Raise us up like the sun rising at dawn to shine with your beauty over all the earth. Raise us up, O God Most High. We pray these things and more, for we are yours in this life and yours in the final victory. Amen.

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