All Saints Prayer

            Gracious God, whose grace provides our first breath and whose mercy comforts our last, we ask for your peace this day as we remember our family and friends who commune with you in your eternal kingdom.  As we break bread with each other in the power of the Spirit, let our souls be mindful that we are breaking bread with Christ and all the saints.  We give you thanks for the lives of those we remember, and for those whose names are remembered only by you.  Give us wisdom to understand your will, and courage to live as your people in this day.

            Holy Father, Father of Christ who emptied himself so that we might find life and live it abundantly, we pray for peace for those who are suffering.  We pray for fullness for those who are starving.  We pray for guidance for those who are lost.  Especially, Father, we pray that you send us forth as Christ’s body to provide for which we have prayed.

            Almighty God, you have knit together your children in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son, Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever.  Amen.