O God of Love, whose most gracious Son

O God of Love, whose most gracious Son rode into a city which hailed him and then rejected him, we look to thee, a company of men and women who would give themselves to be his followers.

We give thee thanks that his spirit is forever seeking entrance into our world’s life—coming as the impulse to sympathy between man and man, as the will to brotherhood eager to banish all suspicion and hatred, as the self-giving spirit which bears the burdens of others even to a cross.

Give us responsive spirits, that as he meets us in the life of our time, we may know him for the revelation of…