Loving God, Source of all Life and Truth, we come before you with hearts filled with gratitude for the many gifts you have bestowed on your people, including the marvelous gift of our affections and love. We pray that we may always be people who act with a holy respect for our capacity to love, knowing that in our loving we draw closer to you, the wellspring of love in all of creation.

We ask for hearts that are forgiving and filled with your compassion. Help us to overcome hurt and injury -- in word and in action. Help us to speak truth without fear. Help us to nurture one another in faith. And we ask you, source of all Mercy, to forgive our injury of others, our lapses in truth-telling, and our neglect of one another.

We call upon the intercession of our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered brothers and sisters who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith.  Some lived quietly, some boldly; some were martyred, some have been forgotten to history: May they help us in our struggle today, and may we all come to share in the fullness of the light of your presence, when every tear will be wiped away, and ignorance of your Law of Love will be no more.    Amen.