O Creator of All, make us instruments of peace:

Where there is rejection, let us offer welcome.

Where there is hunger, let us share bread;

Where there is homelessness, let us build shelter;

Where there is brokenness, let us bring healing;

Where there is fear, let us sow courage;

Where there is isolation, let us create community.

Grant that we may not so much seek to be fed as to nourish,

to be housed as to provide a home,

to be comforted as to comfort,

to be understood as to understand.

For it is in gathering that we are strengthened,

it is in giving we receive,

it is in acknowledging our brokenness that we begin to restore,

And it is in serving together that we discover our sacred unity.

May this gathering bind us in compassion,

May our intentions move us to action,

May our gratitude overflow into service,

And may we walk together through the waters, not as strangers,

but as beloved companions on the journey toward justice and peace.

 

So Be It. So Be It. So Be It.