God of steadfast love, be with us in our gathering, our grief, and our fear. Soften our hearts to receive your love, and strengthen our bodies to act with justice. Out of the depths we cry to you; fill us with the peace that passes all human understanding. Amen.

In the face of ongoing anti-immigration acts in Minnesota and throughout our nation, we offer notes on the lectionary texts along with a call to worship, prayer of the day, prayer petitions, and dismissal all grounded in the day’s Gospel text and in God’s everlasting cry for justice.