Take a few moments to consider what Sunday’s scriptures are asking of you. What festering feelings have you left unspoken? What wrong have you left unsaid when it might perhaps be easily corrected? What commitment do you want to make to work with a group to construct a strong civic community?
LEADER: We ask a blessing on all those we love and those who love us.
ALL: We ask a blessing on our neighbors and commit ourselves to love them as we love ourselves.
LEADER: We ask God to bless and make whole those who do us wrong or who wrong those we love.
ALL: We commit ourselves to love our neighbors as we love ourselves.
Exchange a sign of peace.