To the congregation:
We
owe praise to you, O God, in this place of worship,
and
we will fulfil this debt of praise.
All
will come before you,
you
who hear prayer.
When
sin prevails against us,
you
atone for our waywardness.
Blessed
are those you choose to bring near,
to
inhabit your holy church.
We
will be filled with the goodness of your house,
and
the holiness of Christ among us!
You
answer our prayers with awesome acts of righteousness,
O
God of our salvation,
the
hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
By
your strength, and clothed with power, you established the mountains.
You
still the roaring of the seas,
the
roaring of the waves,
and
the confused clamor of all the peoples,
so
that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your
signs.
May
we shout and sing together for joy!
