God of light and life,

As we begin, we confess that our attention wanders. We pray:

God of light and life,
We know that we don’t always listen well to your word
Our lives are full of distractions
We pay attention to things which deform our lives and steal our time
And we are inattentive to the people around us who you call us to love
We have not loved you with our whole heart
And we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

Refresh us again with your Holy Spirit
Give us ears to hear you
Eyes to see with your compassion
Hands to reach out with…