Lord, hear our prayer:

Father, forgive us for being the kind of people we are. We are never satisfied, never content with what we have. So we are ever anxious, often angry, sometimes envious and jealous. We are concerned for our own needs but careless of each other’s. We allow ourselves to descend to the level of the rest of creation and the survival of the fittest. Open our lives again to your fatherly love. Hold us, forgive us and transform us. Give us, in all of life’s pain and sorrow, peace and joy in Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Some minor adaptation on some prayers.
David Clowes, 500 Prayers For All Occasions © 2003 by David C Cook Publishing
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