"The Word is my strength, my song, my salvation, This is my God and I extol Him, my father's God and I give Him praise."  Exodus 15

Lord, Holy God of Israel, who created the whole world out of love, you who knows what each of us has in our past, present and future, you who understand deeply how much love we are giving and are capable of giving and who knows the blockages, the traumas, the fears, the cultural barriers that cause us to limit our loving of one another, as well as the pride that hangs with its talons onto us through each of these deficiencies, we ask you as Lord of all to rescue us from what holds us back and break down the barriers to pur kindness and generosity in our world, and to prevent those people, things, powers and dominions, princes and rulers of this world or of parts of it from being able to control the things and people and culture that make our loves real and enjoyable and bring us closer to your day by day.  Be our only Lord, and only God, you who are our only hope.  Make your presence felt, we beg you, in the world, since you are Love itself.

Amen.