Lord, who for us prayed forty famished days…

Who for us sought respectability’s scorn…

Who for us chose unchoosable ones…

Who for us reigned from an old rugged cross…

Have mercy on our appetite for power

Have mercy on our swiftness to judge

Have mercy on closed hearts, minds, and doors.

Have mercy on your faithless Church, O Lord.

Reproach us for our lovelessness

and reclaim us for your Lordship.

In Jesus’ precious, holy, and unifying name we pray. Amen.