The Pastoral Prayer is a prayer offered by a minister in the course of a service of worship for and on behalf of the congregation. Traditionally, the Pastoral prayer has occupied a prominent place in the period of prayers in the Sunday worship service. Here at KUC, it is usually prayed by the liturgist after the first scripture reading. The Pastoral Prayer is the means to an end: to the worshiper’s coming into the actual presence of God.
Lord, today we come to praise you, not just with our voices or hearts but with our whole selves. We clap with joy and sing out with gratitude for the immeasurable blessings filling our lives. We celebrate Gospel Sunday today. The Gospel is the good news, and God, we know you have good news for us. It is [...]
Read More...Living and Loving God, with wondrous works and mighty deeds, you continue to astound us. Life is filled with miracles and signs. You interrupt our complacency, you disturb our lethargy; we sense your grace. You dry the tears of those who mourn. You calm the fears of those who face uncertain futures. You fill the hopeless with hope. [...]
Read More...God of compassion, of mercy, of peace, we come to You in prayer humbly. Hear our prayers, O God, as we turn the thoughts of our hearts toward You. We pray with thanks for the gift of caring, for friends, neighbors, teachers, teammates, caregivers, and all those in our community who support the well being of others, [...]
Read More...Oh Lord, source of all life, having just witnessed a baptism, our minds turn to children and to the precious gift that each new life brings. We are reminded that we are all your children. We grow up and become adults, and we think that we are self-sufficient and independent. We think that we can accomplish everything on [...]
Read More...Loving God, give light to our eyes: let us share in Your eternal vision, knowing with certainty that You will bring our hearts to joy. Help us with every pain we bear in our souls, when we struggle with illness, poverty, injustice, homelessness, disasters both natural and manmade. Help us to always be aware of Your merciful and [...]
Read More...Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, be born again into our world, into our lives. Wherever there is conflict, wherever there is suffering, wherever there is loneliness, wherever hope has been lost, come thou long-expected savior, with healing in your heart. Blessed Child, whom the shepherds and the kings and the animals adored, be born [...]
Read More...O Lord Most Longed For, to you, the mender of time and fulfiller of hopes, we lift the dreams and yearnings of our hearts. To you we offer the wisps of hopes we may not dare speak before others: We dream of being more than we now appear — stronger, wiser, truer, more accomplished. You alone know our [...]
Read More...God of peace, on this second Sunday of Advent we continue to prepare ourselves for your coming. This is a season of cold and darkness. In the midst of the chilly, bleak season we look to you for light and hope. Teach us to turn our hearts towards you and away from the superficial things [...]
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