Holy God, LORD of all time, we give thanks for the waters of baptism … the promise of life, the goodness of Christ your Son … the Holy Spirit, O God, the giver of life, who guides and guards our soul … from the first breath taken, to the last breath given … from here to eternity, world without end.
Holy God, LORD of all time, we give thanks for what has been … for all the saints who have trod the pathways of life … who gave of themselves, with forethought and patience … who bore the cross of Christ, with courage and wisdom, who have set before us examples of faith, hope, and love. Help us, O God, to be worthy of them of their work.
Holy God, LORD of all time, we give thanks for what is … for all the saints who lift high the banner of Christ, who rejoice in the name of Christ, who engage in the deep struggles of life, who seek your glorious kingdom, O God, who care for the earth, and strive for the welfare of the nations. Help us, O God, to be worthy of this work.
Holy God, LORD of all time, we give thanks for what shall be … for all the saints not yet born, those who will receive the waters of baptism, and take up the yoke of Christ … who will walk in the ways of faith, hope, and love … to be the church of Jesus Christ, for generations and generations to come. Help us, O God, to lay before them a brave and creative example of Christian goodness and human purpose, that they might light to us with gratitude.
All of this, in the name of our LORD Jesus Christ who taught us to pray, saying:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
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