Lord God
Holy, holy, holy is your name
a name which is above all names
a name which we are invited to share
a name we are blessed to use,
as you are our Father and the Father of all creation
even if we did not speak your praise,
the birds, waves, the very landscape which envelops us utters your glory
your glory which is beyond splendour, beyond words
a glory which dazzles, brighter than the noon day sun
yet you wish for us to talk to you
to speak our deepest desires
our inmost concerns
our secret visions
for us, for this community, for your world
but it can be hard finding the right words, the correct phrases to talk to the one who is all in all
sometimes human words just aren’t enough to express our love, our joy, our sadness, our pain
but you are less concerned by the right words delivered than hearts which long to know you more, to love you move, to follow our saviour and Lord on the way he invites us to follow
so come, Lord God, come through your Holy Spirit this hour
Guide our prayers, our hymns, our thoughts and minds
and cleanse our hearts of all which gets in the way of us truly being with you, in body, mind and soul
all our doubts, concerns, pain, sadness
for ourselves, for those we love, for the world around us
for you hear our prayers, and release us from all our wrong mindedness in and through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen