We turn to You and Your mercy,
O God of barren places
and friend of the oppressed.
We stand in need of conversion,
from pain to peace,
from sadness to joy,
from guilt to affirmation.
Lead us not into isolation,
but delivers us from anger,
for Yours is the kindness,
the patience,
the strength we desire,
now and forever.
Amen.
–Miriam Therese Winter, WomanWord: A Feminist Lectionary and Psalter, p. 73
