The compassionate Father: Luke 11:1-4; Exodus 34:6-7

LORD God, King of the universe, How patient you are with us, revealing yourself bit by bit over millennia, giving us all of history to learn you and see for ourselves that you are faithful and good. You show yourself first to us as creator — the one who speaks galaxies and plankton, earthworms and…

On God’s closeness: Matthew 9:1-17

Blessed are you, LORD our God, King of the universe — Out of nothing, you brought all existence, Out of chaos you brought order, Out of the bare earth, you brought life. LORD God, King of the universe, Your are above all, beyond all, you stand outside all time and space — you alone are…