And now we spread everything out before you:
our cares, that you may care for us;
our fears, that you may quiet them;
our hopes and desires, that not our will, but your good will may be done;
our sins, that you may forgive them;
our thoughts and yearnings, that you may cleanse them;
our entire life in this time, that you may guide it toward the resurrection of all flesh and eternal life.

- Karl Barth, Fifty Prayers, excerpt from “Let the Dawn Come”