Love
surrounds and
overwhelms us.
It lies
deeper within us than we are, as yet,
brave and
strong enough to explore,
and further
beyond us than we are, as yet,
able to
imagine.
The One who
is Relationship and Solitude,
the One who
is Journey and Rest,
the One who
is Spirit and Earth,
the One who
is Death and Resurrection,
this One,
whom we and so many others call
God,
creates and
abides with all that is seen and unseen
because this
Holy One can do no less
and still be
Love.
God of grace
and wholeness, we thank and praise you for the gift of life. Because
of your love, and because you are Love we understand why your
prophets become impatient with the empty actions and words we often
offer as worship. They recall us to holiness, and to relationship
with you.
Help us, O
God, to include in our Lenten observance the loosening of the bonds
of injustice in this church and community, the freeing of the
oppressed in this church and community, and the breaking of
burdensome yokes that keep brothers and sisters throughout your
creation from experiencing your presence and living into the fullness
of your image within them.
Rebuild us, O
God. Repair our foundations, and restore us so that we may love you,
our neighbors and ourselves with the fullness of our hearts, souls,
minds and strength.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
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