Confession And Absolution
Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Leader: Merciful God, your will for us is to know the abundance of life, yet this world’s suffering continues.
All: We have no answers, and we confess to you the failure of our self-reliance and the anger that is born of our despair. Speak to our questions. Speak to our confusion. Speak to our tears.

Silence for reflection

Leader: O God who sets all things right, your children seek your guidance. Make them wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Clinging to you in…