Monthly Day of Prayer for the Synod – August

The only authority is the authority of service. Lord, we prepare our hearts for the upcoming Synod Assembly. Journeying together is easy to say but not so easy to practice. Do we sometimes behave in your Church like the rulers of nations who lord over them and their leaders who oppress them? You have told us that it should not be so among us. Instead, whoever wants to be great must become a servant, and whoever wants to be first must become a slave. Send your Spirit upon your Church, so that those who exercise authority, those ministers among us, may be the least of all. For among your disciples, the only authority is that of service, and the only power is that of the cross. Help us to live the upcoming Assembly as a space of convergence, listening to the People, the Pastors, and the Bishop of Rome. Amen Click To Pray Team