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O God,
Father of the fatherless,
As lovingly mindful of each son and daughter as our own nursing mothers:
Enfold Your bereft children in Your own ineffable, unfailing love;
Console Your desolate chicks with Your sheltering wing;
Guide Your lost sheep with generous wisdom;
Carry the wounded and weary lambs in Your arms;
Abundantly provide daily bread for Your little ones;
Defend your cubs with loyal strength;
Apprehend the wanderers and bring them home to Yourself;
Nurture, cultivate, and celebrate every green sprout of virtue, worship, obedience, and calling;
Sing Your delight as our lullaby;
Establish broken hearts in the sustaining hope of restoration,
Until our Homegoing or our Lord's return.
Amen.
