Prayers from the Methodist Prayer Handbook

Come, O Word most gracious and guide your flock. Come, O Wisdom most holy and mother your children. Come, O Light most glorious and lead us to heaven. Amen.

God of mystery and imagination,
help us to see you in both the unexpected and the familiar,
for surely you are present in all things.
The stranger who, from nowhere, stops to help; the beloved friend who speaks a word of comfort; the stone when lifted reveals the life beneath; the child who marvels at such a world of tiny beings,
unnoticed and essential – all these display the wonders of your love, ever present if not always known.
In these times of uncertainty and doubt, enable us to lift our eyes to heaven.
Remembering the stars are always there but that it takes the darkness to reveal them. Amen.