Open a bible and light a candle beside it. Place a supply of Band-Aids nearby, enough for each to take one home.
LEADER: God, you invite us to love others, even and especially those who seem so different from ourselves.
ALL: You ask us to consider all people our sisters and brothers, all as our family.
LEADER: Help us, Holy One, to hear your call. Help us to be good Samaritans to ourselves and those we meet in need.
ALL: Let us begin by first of all embracing those parts of us which we find so difficult to accept, love, forgive, and integrate. Amen.