INVOCATION
Creator you called all into being; through your Word you
brought all things to be that are, were, or will be. Creator you called us into
humanity; we are called to be your people. Creator you called us into
community, to be people of praise to glorify your Name. And you called us
through your Son to become agents of reconciliation, working to bring the
kingdom of heaven into being in this world.
You called us into the fullness of being, completed in the
work of your Word and Spirit. And you called us to bring this completion of
creation closer for all creatures, our fellow human beings, and to be stewards
of all you have made.
You call each of us to become fully human, to become the
persons whom you know and love in aspiration. Fulfill in each of us our common
calling and the unique calling of each person. Help us to honor that communal
calling – and that uniqueness – in one another.
You call each of us to journey through our life, closer to
you, passing through, as you will, nascency, infancy, youth, adulthood,
seniority, and the completion of life in death. Help us to become in each part
of our lives fully your own people, as you have intended us to be.
Help us to rejoice in your creation as we develop in our
capacity to serve and enjoy the world you have made. Guide each of us in times
of folly and of wisdom; help us discern in each other and our selves how you
would have us to be.
And at each stage of our lives you call us into
ever-developing relationships with you and each other. May we in all our lives,
together and alone, from beginning to end, grow into the fullness of life,
gathered through Jesus your Word into the one community of heaven.
Amen.
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