Deus Misereatur

 [Martin Luther was once asked by his barber for a prayer guide. Luther wrote him a short manual that encouraged him to use the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, but also the Apostles' Creed as outlines for prayer, and then he gave him examples. Today's congregational prayer uses the Apostles' Creed to shape our prayers] Since you are God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth , we pray for your creation and creatures whom you made, and whom you sustain. Please continue to supply the showers and rainfalls we need and thank you for what has been provided already. Replenish our resources and reserves. Preserve our continent from fires, floods, plagues and pestilence. Please continue your kindnesses to our country and shine the light of your mercy on all nations of this world. Relieve us from this pandemic and grant us to recover from its consequences. Bring all peoples to recognize that in you we live and move and have our being. Bring kindness and care to...

Since you are God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth , we pray for your creation and creatures whom you made, and whom you sustain. Thank you for the rains we’ve received here this past week. Please continue to supply the showers and rainfalls we need. Replenish our resources and reserves. Preserve our continent from fires and floods, plagues and pestilence. Please continue your kindnesses to our country, and shine the light of your mercy on all nations to include Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, and Dominican Republic. Bring all peoples to recognize that in you we live and move and have our being. Bring kindness and care to be exhibited unilaterally. Calm the troubling voices and saber-rattling. We also implore your compassion for those who need our prayers, because their estate in life at present is precarious or poor (…). Lift up their heads from the dreariness or darkness that they may come to count it all joy when they meet trials of various kinds, and come to know th...