Lord God
The one who presides over the great assembly
of saints from age to age,
east and west,
north and south
all who are blessed to be in your presence
and to continually offer their praises to the one who sits on the throne
we honour you,
we worship you,
we adore you
in this hour, on this day as we bring our full devotion to you
may our songs, our prayers, our reflection on your word waft up to heaven, as delightful fragrance,
to mingle with the praise and prayers of the great assembly of saints
that together, we may join, through your Holy Spirit, with the faithful of every age and our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout your world
that collectively, all we offer may praise your holy name for the whole of eternity
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Eternal Christ
you are the vine and we are your branches
you give us all good things to be fruitful in your name
your love, guidance and protection in all good things
however we fail to listen to those around us
and to you
we give up too easily when trouble besets us
we neglect to keep our eyes firmly on you, Christ Jesus, as our guide, our saviour, our Lord
assist us always, to fix our eyes on you,
and to throw off all which hinders us following the path you lead us on
knowing we have been forgiven of all our sins once and forever
Amen