Adapted from Psalm 90:1-4 (ESV)

Leader: Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.

All: Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Leader: You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!”

All: For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

Submitted by Dustin Ray

Adapted from Psalm 103 (NRSVUE)

Leader: “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all His benefits —”

People: “As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear Him. For He knows how we were made; He remembers that we are dust. As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.”

Leader: “But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep His covenant and remember to do His commandments.” Let us bless the Lord, with all we have within us, let us bless His holy name.

(Ps 103:1-2, 13-18, NRSVUE, adapted for liturgical use)

Adapted from Genesis 3:19, Matthew 24:36

 From dust you have come, 

And to dust you shall return. 

But about that day or hour 

No one knows. 

Not even the angels in heaven, 

Nor the Son, but only the Father. 

Lord of all, we submit ourselves to your merciful care this day. 

Submitted by Austin D. Hill