We are your work of art, O God,
in many tongues, we tell one story.
In infinite variety, we reflect your beauty.
Fashion us anew, Father Creator,
for we have dimmed your image
and failed to grown in your likeness.
Deliver us from judging others by our limited perspectives,
often missing your message and mistreating your messenger.
Gift us with new insight and courage
to seek you in our brothers and sisters,
growing with them into your one holy family,
at the service of one another,
for your glory, and for the life of the world
that you so loved, in Jesus, the Christ. Amen.
Excerpted from Lenten Longings - Year B: For the Life of the World, available from RENEW International