Minister: Lift up your hearts!
Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord!
We praise Your name, oh God, for You are the living and triune God. The idols have mouths, but do not speak. You have no physical mouth, and yet You speak the eternal and everlasting Logos, the Word over all, the Word through all.
The idols have ears but do not hear. You are Spirit, and must be worshipped in spirit and truth, and so You have no physical ears—and yet You hear every sound, every whisper of the heart, and You will rightly judge the secrets of all men.
You have no eyes, but You see all things—everything and everyone is laid bare before You. The idols have eyes, and ears, and mouths carved out of stone, and they have their wisdom carved out of stone as well. You are the only God, the living God, and there is none beside You. Just as You live, Your wisdom is life itself.
And so, gracious Father, we worship You now through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end, amen.