Commontide
Almighty God our Savior, you desire that none should perish, and you have taught us through your Son that there is great joy in heaven over every sinner who repents: Grant that our hearts may ache for a lost and broken world. May your Holy Spirit work through our words, deeds, and prayers, that the lost may be found and the dead made alive, and that all your redeemed may rejoice around your throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 652
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A modern Anglican prayer for an outward-facing heart, composed for the ACNA's 2019 Book of Common Prayer. It draws on 2 Peter 3:9 and the Parable of the Lost Sheep (Luke 15) to ask that the church be moved where God is moved: toward the lost.