6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 20, 2014

The Collect, Proper 11

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

Reflection: This is one of my favorite collects. It recognizes the sheer effrontery of approaching God, the painful limitations of our perspective, and the astonishing fact that God nevertheless invites us, wants us to approach. Above all God desires us, body and soul.