Let us offer prayers to the Holy One, whose glory shines on the face of all peoples.

Holy Lord, come with your transfiguring power to turn despair into hope. Let your glory shine on the poor and the oppressed. Lift up those who are ignored and rejected, and restore those who have nothing. We pray for people affected by the floods in Angola and Mozambique.
Lord in your mercy
Hear our prayer.

Holy Lord, come with your transfiguring power to turn suffering into joy. Let your glory shine on those in pain and distress. Heal those who are sick, in body, mind, or spirit. Give new strength to the frail and weak, and restore the broken.
Lord in your mercy
Hear our prayer.

Holy Lord, come with your transfiguring power to turn death into life. Bring those who have died into the fulness of the glory you have prepared them for. Comfort those who mourn with the knowledge of your eternal life.
Lord in your mercy
Hear our prayer.

Holy Lord, come with your transfiguring power to turn fear into love. Let your glory shine where people dare not let down their defences to one another. We pray for people involved in the conflicts in the Middle East, Somalia and Chad.
Lord in your mercy
Hear our prayer.

Holy Lord, come with your transfiguring power to turn indifference into compassion. Let your hope make us bold to challenge injustice, poverty and fear, and to comfort the sick and disheartened. Give us wisdom to see your glory in unexpected places, and to serve you wherever we find you.
Lord in your mercy
Hear our prayer.

Almighty God, whose Son our Saviour is the light of the world, grant that we and all your people may shine with his glory, that he may be known, worshipped and obeyed to the ends of the earth: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever.
Amen.