Collect: Loving and Merciful God, whose compassion knows no limits and whose grace reaches all people, forgive us when we are slow to rejoice in the redemption of others, and thank you for rescuing us from distress and speaking healing to our souls; teach us tolift all people in prayer, knowing that your will is for all to be saved, and open our hearts to welcome the outcast, the broken, and the sinner, that wemay walk in the footsteps of Christ who dined with the rejected and loved without condition, and may your redeeming love flow through us, embracing everyone with hope and testifying to your desire to bring all into your saving embrace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.