Deus Misereatur

  O Lord Jesus Christ, our great God and Savior, your mercies and loving-kindnesses are new every morning. In your incarnation you united our humanity to divinity; you became the Son of Man that we might become sons of God; you brought us life and immortality to consume our death and mortality; and as our great High Priest you regard the humble prayers of all who call upon you, who call upon you in truth. Incline your ear and hear. O Lord, hear our prayer.   Remember your Holy Universal Church, which you have liberated and laundered with your precious blood, including this congregation. Strengthen, O Lord, and have mercy upon all the ministers, pastors, elders, and overseers of your Church: guide us to feed your flock with the true Gospel, the whole counsel of God, sound doctrine, and rightly administered sacraments. May we pay careful attention to ourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made us overseers, to care for the church of God, which you obtained with your

  O God, who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, who gives to all mankind life and breath and everything; and made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him, though you are actually not far from any one of us (Acts 17:24-27): we pray for all nations. Superintend their national politics, economics, education, and security so that all may have the care they need, prosper and flourish, and come to “ feel their way toward ” you until the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea (Isaiah 11:9). O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Creator, Sustainer and Sovereign over all, to whom each and every one of us must give an account of our actions in this life: please bless our nation and our State. Restore the gift and value of God-ordained