Response: O God, keep us from fear

Reveal your loving voice to your people…

Reveal your mercy among our families in this Lenten season…

Reveal your tenderness in our prayer and fasting…

Heal our nation and bring us peace…

Heal our divisions and end our wars and violence…

Heal our hungers and give food to the poor…

Run toward us and embrace the lost and forgotten…

Run toward us and open our lonely hearts…

Run toward us and accept our search for hope…

Help us put down the stones of blame and mistrust…

Help us put down the stones we cast toward strangers…

Help us put down the stones we cast toward sinners…

Keep us from fear…

Keep us from hatred and violence…

Keep us in your love and forgiveness…