You [Jesus] are worthy to take the scroll

and to open its seals,
because you were slain,

and with your blood you purchased men for God

from every tribe and language and people and nation.

(Rev. 5:9 NIV)

Father, you have used all types of people for your holy purposes: prostitutes, murderers, persecutors, liars, thieves, swindlers, the illiterate, the ignorant, the blind, the lame. Grant me the grace to treat everyone I meet as someone for whom Jesus died and rose again. Let there be no unwholesome or unholy distinctions in my eyes and no unworthy favoritism in my actions. Rather, make me into a vessel through whom Jesus shines. In Christ’s name I pray, amen.