july twenty-fourteen

July 2014

We Your servants give You humble thanks, Almighty God, 

for all Your gifts and graces to us this day: 

For the splendor of the whole creation 

and the beauty of this world; 

for the wonder of life 

and the mystery of love;

 

for the blessings of family and friends, 

and the loving care that surrounds us on every side.

And for this day’s work, 

for the things that demanded our best,

for the things that delighted us; 

and for the disappointments and failures that lead us to depend on You truly.

Grant us such an awareness of your mercies, we pray, 

that with truly thankful hearts, we may give you praise, 

not only with our lips, but in our lives.....

Let us go in peace to love and serve the Lord, and to live our lives so that those to whom love is a stranger will find in us generous friends.