We come into your presence as one community of believers, one family, and one people searching and hungering for your presence amongst us.
We pray that you, our Loving God,
* reveal to us the need in our lives to be women and men who balance doing and being.
* reveal to us a new way to become neighbors within the collaborative, in our towns and cities, in our Church and in the world.
* touch our hearts with your love and compassion. Give us the courage and daring to change what needs to be changed so that we may see what You see and love what You love.
We lift up our prayer in the name of Jesus who is your beloved through the transforming power of the Spirit now and in all the days of Lent, especially during the moments of our parish mission.