From propaganda, fads, frivolity , untruthfulness , darkenss of spirit :
Good Lord, deliver us.
From arrogance, narrowness and meanness, from stupidity and pretence:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From the hunger and unemployment, and from forced eviction:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From unjust sentences and unjust wars:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From neglect by parents, neglect by children, and neglect by callous
institutions:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From cancer and stroke, ulcers, madness and senility:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From famine and epidemic, from pollution of the soil, the air, and the
waters:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From segregation and prejudice, from harassment, discrimination and
brutality:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From the concentration of power in the hands of ignorant, threatened or
hasty leaders:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From boredom, apathy and fatigue, from lack of conviction, from fear,
self-satisfaction and timidity:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From the consequences of our own folly:
Good Lord, deliver us.
From resignation and despair, from cynicism and manipulation:
Good Lord, deliver us.
Through all unmerciful suffering, our own and that of others:
Good Lord, deliver us.
Through the unending cry of all peoples for justice and freedom:
Good Lord, deliver us.
Through all concern and wonder, love and creativity:
Good Lord, deliver us.
In our strength and in our weakness, in occasional success and eventual
failure:
Good Lord, deliver us.
Alone and in community, in the days of action and the time of our dying:
Good Lord, deliver us.
Deliver us, Good Lord, by opening our eyes and unstopping our ears, that we
may hear Your Word and do Your Will:
Good Lord, deliver us. Amen.
