[Our focus for this past Sunday was the Celtic Cross which is part of our "Crosses of Jesus" sermon series during the season of Lent. The Celtic Cross is known for having a circle around the middle of it. The circle represents God's never ending love. We are blessed to have a prominent Celtic Cross in our beautiful chapel.]
O God, Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, thank you for your never ending love. Thank you that your love never
runs out and that there is plenty for everyone including for those who feel
they deserve it the least.
Help us to be your God
intoxicated people who live with an intense sense of your presence. Help us to
see every moment as a place of resurrection and new life and may we always
devote ourselves to pray, preach, care, and worship.
Circle us Lord, keep love
within, keep hatred out. Keep joy
within, keep fear out. Keep peace
within, keep worry out. Keep light
within, keep darkness out. May you stand
in the circle with us, today and always.
As we journey to the cross
during this Season of Lent may we take this time to empty ourselves of our
pride, our shallowness of faith, our prejudices, our quickness to pass
judgment, our apathy, and our reluctance to offer forgiveness. O God, when we
arrive at the empty tomb on Easter Sunday, may we be the people you have
created us to be.
O God, thank you for our
Celtic brothers and sisters who teach us to be keenly aware of your presence in
every person and place we encounter. And so, we pray for our schools, our
hospitals, our colleges and universities, our court houses, our police
stations, our fraternities and sororities, our stores, our parks, our prisons
and jails, our shops, our restaurants, our fields, our rivers, our Capitol, our
homes. O God, we claim all of these places to be used for your glory in bringing
about justice and peace for all.
Whenever we look at your
cross, help us to see a circle around it so that we may always be reminded that
your love is eternal and unbroken. Thank you for being the father who throws
caution to the wind by running out to greet and welcome home your wayward
children.
And now, as your prodigal
sons and daughters, we delight in your forgiving love even as we pray the words
that Jesus taught his disciples and now teaches to us to pray together saying,
“Our Father, who art in
heaven…”
No comments:
Post a Comment