God be with you, And also with you Let us pray. Creator of the stars of night, we crown you with our praise as Lord of lords, as Ruler of rulers, as King of kings.   You reign with grace and mercy, justice and power over heaven and earth, over all you have made, as the God of truth and love.  Guide our nation and our leaders in the paths of righteousness and reconciliation.  Stand in the midst of this world’s suffering, O Thorn Crowned King, and work mightily for the welfare

God be with you, And also with you. Let us pray. Lord of all hopefulness, your glory fills the morning skies, your brightness shines in starlight. Visit with your everlasting dawn those places where violence, terror, and suffering seem to reign - Sudan and Ukraine, India and Pakistan, and the streets of our cities here in America, particularly the city of Chicago. Impart your inward light to the leaders of the nations that their decisions - and ours - radiate outward into dee

God be with you, And also with you. Let us pray. Living God, you are the Resurrection and you are the Life.  You restore hope in places of despair, you show a way where there is no way, a future where there seems no future.  Be close to those who live under the deepening shade of loss and hunger, fear and death. We lift to your merciful heart today the grieving peoples of Kentucky and the Philippines, Sudan and Ukraine, and all those in need of safety and food, healing and ho

God be with you, And also with you. Let us pray. Holy One of Blessing, you adorn the poor with victory, you promise fullness to those who hunger, you comfort those who weep.  You decree judgement upon those who oppress your blessed ones.  And you entrust to our hopes a future where all tears are dried and pain and death are no more.  We pray to you today for those who live in the midst of war, poverty, disease and natural disaster - for the people of Cuba, the Dominican Repub