Build Our Lives Into a Thoroughfare of Mercy

O God, who made all things for humanity to glorify your name, let us meet your unspeakable gifts of love with humility, obedience and thankfulness.  In the clatter of the world we often do not hear the still, sad yearnings of suffering humanity; thinking of our needs, we find it easy to forget that every need in the world is our neighbor in Christ.  Build our lives into a thoroughfare of mercy and compassion.  In Jesus' Name we do pray.  Amen.