Dear Prince of Peace, be with us today as we make decisions on your people who will lead our world. 

When the day is finished, let us pray for the people who are vulnerable and have felt angry, afraid and left out. Be with us as we remember that you are Lord and that we are all your beloved children. Amen. 

Prayer written by Nancy Hallenbeck, co-lay leader, Glacial Lakes District. 

Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that ‘he is one, and besides him there is no other’; and ‘to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself,’ —this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask him any question.

Mark 12:32-34