Collect: Almighty God, Source of Life and Sustainer of our being, we thank you for the gift of life and the abundance of grace by which, through your Son Jesus Christ, you have saved us and brought us into new life; help us to make wise and faithful choices amid life’s many possibilities, to resist temptation, and to stand firm in our calling as your children; free us from all that binds us, renew our minds, and transform us into your likeness, that we may live in the freedom of your love and bear fruit for your Kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.