God you are my Father
Make everyone respect and deeply revere You, everywhere!
Rule over everything – may it be soon!
May all of life and creation be full of Your wonderful character – Justice, Mercy and Peace!

BUT LORD – what I see around me and within me looks very far short of such a wonderful vision.

While we faithfully wait for the end of these evil days, and Your return….

I see hunger in the world – feed those empty bodies
I see hunger in me that the world cannot satisfy – come fill me Lord.

I find disobedience and resistance to you within my body and mind. Forgive me and accept me again, Lord.
I see evil and hatred in the world around me – forgive and clean this world Lord, even as You have me.
I get hurt by people who are close to me Lord. Even the systems of the world have hurt me Lord. I need fresh mercy from You to forgive them, and to forgive myself too, Father.

You know God, how vulnerable I am to failure, to weakness. In my deep places, I’m fragile. Father, protect me. Keep the sharp edges and the lure of destructive things far away from me. Sometimes, when necessary, Protect me even from myself, dear God.

God, Father, without You I am short lived and irrelevant. All that is good comes from You. You are the source of all life, the reason for my hope, and in the end, I exist only to worship You and be loved by You. Holy Spirit, come upon me and change my fallen perspectives. Let me understand profoundly, as You do, myself, the world and the people around me.

These things are true. They are true for me, yes, but even without me, I say these things are still true.
Amen.