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INVOCATION
Invocation by Rev. Nell Archer, Vicar of Bushwick Abbey and Iglesia de la Santa Cruz
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Rev. Nell Archer delivered an invocation calling upon the divine to help council members work together with respect and without hatred. She prayed for justice, peace, and the elimination of poverty and oppression in the city. The invocation concluded with a request for wisdom, charity, and justice for the city council members in their service to the people.
Nell Archer
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us pray.
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We call upon you, source and creator of all, redeemer of the fallen, advocate for the persecuted, mother of the forsaken, and repairer of the breach.
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You who go by many names and no name.
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You have bound us together in a common life.
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Help us in the midst of our struggles for justice and truth, to confront one another without hatred or bitterness, and to work together with mutual forbearance and respect.
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Grant that your holy and life giving spirit may so move every human heart that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatred cease.
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That our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace.
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In your word, you have given us a vision of a holy city to which the nations of the world bring their glory.
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Behold and visit, we pray, all the cities of this earth.
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Renew the ties of mutual regard which form our civic life.
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Send us honest and able leaders.
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Enable us to eliminate poverty, prejudice, and oppression, that peace and justice may prevail, and that people from different cultures and with differing talents may find with one another the fulfillment of their humanity.
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Now grant these members of our city council gathered here today the spirit of wisdom, charity, and justice.
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That with steadfast purpose, they may faithfully serve in their offices to promote the well-being of all people.
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In the name of the one holy and living God.
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Amen.