On Sunday mornings, we say the following prayer together out loud in a way of embodying unity and solidarity, believing that God is honored when we pray together in one voice, and that there is a profound amount power when we come together in agreement about what we desire from God.

Together, we desire to:

BECOME A COMMUNITY CHARACTERIZED BY GENEROSITY

Together, we pray:

Holy Father,

There is nothing I have that You have not given me.

All I have and am belong to You, bought with the blood of Jesus.

To spend everything on myself, and to give without sacrifice,

is the way of the world that You cannot abide.

But generosity is the way of those who call Christ their Lord; who love Him with free hearts and serve Him with renewed minds; who withstand the delusion of riches that chokes the word;

whose hearts are in your kingdom and not in the systems of the world.

I am determined to increase in generosity until it can be said

that there is no needy person among us.

I am determined to be trustworthy with such a little thing as money that You may trust me with true riches.

Above all, I am determined to be generous because You, Father, are generous.

It is the delight of Your daughters and sons to share Your traits, and to show what You are like to all the world.

Amen.

*Thank you Church of the City in New York City for making this prayer available to the public to be able to use within their contexts.