Loving and Living God, as we seek a Bishop for the
Diocese of Massachusetts, we also seek you.
Help us to listen deeply as you speak through the
members of this committee; through the people of this
diocese; through our parishes, missions, ministries,
and institutions; through our neighborhoods, towns, and cities; through our past and our present;
through word and sacrament.
When we are distracted by other voices, other tasks,
other pressures, call us back to you. Give us courage,
vision, and an ability to see past the surface of things.
May we be patient and compassionate, trusting always
in your mercy and goodness to us and to all that you
have made.
We pray this in the name of the Holy and Undivided
Trinity, one God.
Amen.
