O God,
Who out of nothing brought everything that is,
Out of what we are,
Bring more of what we dream but haven’t dared;
Direct our power and passion
To creating life and justice
Where there is death and despair
To putting flesh of action
On bare-boned intentions,
To lighting fires
Against the midnight of indifference,
To throwing bridges of care and connection
Across canyons of exclusion;
So we can look on creation and your Church,
Together with you,
And, behold,
Call it very good;
Through Jesus Christ, our brother and teacher,
and through the mercy and love poured out in the world
in the ongoing inspiration of the Spirit. Amen.