David Robert Lambert

O gracious and holy God, give us diligence to seek you, wisdom to perceive you, and patience to wait for you.  Grant us, O God, a mind to meditate on you, eyes to behold you, ears to listen to your Word, a heart to love you, and a life to proclaim you.
Benedict of Nurnia, 6th century

O God, you pour out your spirit of grace and love.  Deliver us from cold hearts and wandering thoughts, that with burning zeal and steady minds we may worship you in spirit and truth.
Ancient collects and other prayers

O God, make the door of this house wide enough to receive all who need human love and fellowship, narrow enough to shut out envy, pride and strife.  Make its threshold smooth enough to be no stumbling block to children, nor to straying feet, but rugged and strong enough to turn back evil’s power.  God, make the door of this house the gateway to your eternal kingdom.
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God of all nations, we thank you for the  life and history of our country.  for its vast beauty, its wilderness, and wealth of forest, mine and sea.  We praise you for its people, the people whose ancestors have been here for a thousand years, and those who have just arrived.  We thank you for the variety of our traditions and our cultures, the riches of our spiritual and religious heritage, the strength of our democratic institutions.  We pray for our nation, for our citizens, residents and governments that working together we may face the future with confident hope and faith in your purpose for our world.
J. Allan McIntosh

O God, as you anointed leaders and called prophets of old, lead us to recognize our true representatives and authentic leaders: men and women who love your people and can walk with them, who feel their pain and share their joys, who dream their dreams and strive to accompany them to their common goal.  In your fire, with your Spirit, embolden and commission us to transform our political system, to serve your people, and to bring real glory to your name.
Philippines, 20th century

Amen.