PRIEST: We gather the year that is past with thankfulness for the many touches of grace and goodness that have been the gifts of God; with sorrow for all that has wounded our world through sin and selfishness, war and injustice; with healing prayer for hurts we have endured or have inflicted. We seek to enter the New Year with hearts purified in the fire of Divine Love and lives focussed on the God who makes all things new!
READER: For Peace not won, and Justice not achieved;
For poverty still rampant and power still abused
For Climate Change denied or ignored
We ask your mercy, O God of Peace
LORD HAVE MERCY …
For forgiveness withheld and wounds inflicted;
For relationships broken and lives abused
We ask your mercy, O God of Pardon
CHRIST HAVE MERCY …
For touches of grace not welcomed and gifts not accepted;
For the Good News not proclaimed and unity not achieved
We ask your mercy, O God of Oneness
LORD HAVE MERCY …
PRIEST: May the God of Pardon bring mercy to our failures,
The God of Unity bring fire to our love grown cold,
The God of Peace bring healing to our hurting hearts,
and renew hope as we journey into this New Year
To bring all the world to everlasting life…
AMEN!