We come, O Christ, as people seeking some sign of blessing on our lives, yet scarcely pause to hear you speaking or wait until your time arrives: help us let go, help us be still, in patience may we learn your will. To taste the cross within the chalice, to hear the music born of grief, to feel the hurt concealed by malice, to sense in doubt unripe belief: give us, O God, new hearts, new eyes; wake us to love and make us wise. Renewing Spirit, come breathe through us with hope that heals, with faith that thrills; burn off the sins still clinging to us, transform our minds, convert our wills: so may your gifts of grace increase to send us forth in love and peace. Unite our hearts and shape our living to share the yoke that sets us free: great Triune God, joined by self-giving, the life of true community, our many prayers at last make one: "Your kingdom come, your will be done." Alternate Tune: WER NUR DIE LIEBEN GOTT