Oh God, our Heavenly Father, Thank you for all your many blessings.
In today’s Gospel your Son reminds me that no one can serve two masters, and that I cannot serve both you and mammon, so I choose you, my one Lord and my truest treasure.
He tells me not to worry about my life, what I will eat or drink, or about my body and what I will wear, for you who feed the birds of the sky and clothe the wild flowers know all that I need.
Free my heart from anxious worry, and teach me to trust that you provide for me, for mine, and for my family with your abundance, your wealth, and your mighty force.
Thank you for the blessings I have already received, and thank you for the blessings still coming toward me, my household, and all I love.
Help me to seek first your Kingdom and your righteousness, trusting that all these things will be given me besides.
Comfort me and calm every fear, for you are my Father and you know what I need before I ask.
Strengthen me with your strength, fill me with your wisdom, and guide me by your light in all my steps.
Heal me and heal those I love, and restore what has been broken in body, mind, and spirit.
Forgive me my trespasses and my many shortcomings, as I forgive those who trespass against me, and release the burdens I carry so I may walk free.
Keep your hand upon me and my family, and deliver us from all evil.
We also have a silent request.
We offer you a promise of this quiet act of kindness done in secret today, and we ask that you accept it.
I lift up my family, my friends, and all your children, and I place their needs and their well-being into your care.
Watch over them, provide for them, and draw them close to you.
I surrender myself and all that I am to you, trusting fully in your will, for I will not worry about tomorrow, knowing tomorrow is in your hands.
Bless me, bless my family, and bless all who hope in you.
We pray these things to you our Lord God, through Christ. And It Is So.