We love you, O LORD,
for you hear our cries and our petitions,
our psalms and our sorrows.
You bend your ear to hear us,
even when we neglect to listen in return.
For that and for all we give you thanks.
When we call out your name,
you are faithful — full of grace and mercy.
Be so filled, we pray, toward those
who are in awe at your magnitude,
those who are emboldened by your mystery,
those who are mourning the changes in life,
and those who are struggling for courage amidst death.
We love you, O LORD,
for you hear our cries and our petitions,
our psalms and our sorrows.
When we are tossed
and when we are triumphant,
yours is the voice we long to hear.
You speak because we don’t understand;
you whisper because we make it harder than it is;
you sing because we trip over our own words.
We are grateful.
We love you, O LORD,
for you hear our cries and our petitions,
our psalms and our sorrows.
Be now the Wellspring that renews all things,
the Mystery that can do all things, and
the Grace that loves all things.
Amen.