Christ is the greatest gift of the season. Christ is full of grace, hope, love and truth. Help us make room in our hearts for your dwelling place. Make us your peacemakers, lights shining in the darkness. Amen.
Prayer
Good Friday Prayer
Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split. Matthew 27:50-51
Thank you for defeating death.
Forgive us Lord.
Help us forgive and love one another.
Amen
Thanksgiving Prayer: Feed Us Your Mercy
Gracious Provider,
FEED us
Break the chains of injustice
Untie the cords of persecution
Set the oppressed free
Break our shackles of prejudice
FEED us
Mercy
You love everyone regardless of
Race
Faith
Gender or
Who we love and embrace
FEED us
Let your light break forth like the dawn,
and your healing gravy flow
FEED us
We cry
You are with us
Break the chaotic chains of injustice
Untie the cords of persecution
Set the oppressed free
and break the shackles of prejudice
FEED us
Mercy
We lay our anger and pain on your alter.
We seek your light in the darkness
Lord guide us – always
Sharing our food with the hungry
and the poor with shelter—
We clothe our naked brothers and sisters
Loving everyone the way you love us
regardless of
Race
Gender
Faith and
Who they love and embrace.
Wrapped in your love, we give Thanksgiving for feeding us your comfort and grace.
Amen
Thank you, Holy Mother for Removing the Sludge
Gracious Mother,
Your mercy is beautiful.
Thank you for wrapping me in your grace.
I love the feel of your strength within me.
Thank you for removing the sludge of this day.
It is wonderful to be swaddled in your unfailing love.
I love the beauty of your embrace.
Amen Holy Mother! Your will be done.
All Saints Mystery of Christ
All saints reconciled by the glorious mystery of Christ which dwells in us.
Abba,
Gracias! Your Son is the image of you.
Christ, the firstborn from the dead, springs up hope for our departed love.
We pray for the saints taken from us by violence in New York, Charleston, Las Vegas, the Pulse, Sandy Hook at schools, workplaces, mosques, synagogues, churches, and within our communities.
Heal your saints’ broken heart. Wipe our tears. Embrace us in your grace.
We pray for our saints who died. We miss them.
Heal your saints’ broken heart. Wipe our tears. Embrace us in your grace.
Your saints plant your word. We hope it bears your fruit.
Fill your saints with your knowledge, your wisdom and your understanding.
Give your saints the courage and endurance to speak up for our vulnerable least and lost neighbors.
Give your saints the bravery to invite into our homes, up to our tables and into our family your saints who have been left of our society.
Inspire your saints to extend that love to your saints of Abraham’s Ishmael.
No saint should be alone.
No saint should be rejected.
No saint should be bullied.
No saint should feel disconnected.
Your saints are connected by your love freely given by our loving God.
Strengthened your saints with your power.
Strengthened your saints to be kind to all of your children.
No saint bullies!
Strengthened your saints to share our inheritance with all people in the kingdom of your light.
Your saints saved by grace alone.
Your saints proclaim your word.
Your saints wrap up in your faith.
Your saints celebrate hope for our departed love.
Gracias Allah Akbar!
Amen
A Grateful Reformation Heart
By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who protested?
Christ dwell with us as we teach and disciple each other with all the wisdom of the psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in our Reformed hearts.
Colossians 3:16
Great Reformer,
Thank you for your WORD, your FAITH and your GRACE.
We pray for continued understanding of WORD alone, FAITH alone and GRACE alone as we embrace and love our Muslim siblings, siblings of color, LGBTQ siblings and other marginalized siblings.
We lift up and pray for our siblings that struggle with embracing your children who may look, pray or love differently. Continue your Reformation in us to end Bullying.
AMEN
#500Reformation
Ash Jumping
Forgive me Lord, I sinned against you, my neighbors and myself. I have not loved my sisters or myself as you love me. I’ve sinned.
I am ashamed, have shamed and been shamed.
I’ve been proud and boastful.
Thank you for pulling me out of the ashes. You never hesitate or deny your love. Thank you for gently dusting me off. Thank you for kissing my ash-filled head and wiping my tears. Thank you for loving me despite my sins.
We journey to your cross. Cast our burdens upon your alter. Our sins a pile of ashes.
Praying for a new day, weeping as you sacrifice yourself. We failed your commandments. We failed you. Looking forward to your empty tomb and the promise it holds for everyone you love.
I feel wrapped in your love and forgiveness. Thank you. Amen.
I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes. Job 42:6
Miracle in a Manger
While in Bethlehem, the time came for the baby to be born, and the mother of God gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them with family or friends.
Lord, wrap us in your comfort and love. Make sure there is always room in your heart and arms for us to rest. Amen
How does Christ comfort you?
Thanksgiving Blessings
Let your gentleness be evident to all.
The Lord is near
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
The peace of God, will guard your hearts and your minds.
Philippians 4:5-7
Master Chef,
FEED us
Break the chaotic chains of injustice
Untie the cords of persecution
Set the oppressed free
Break our shackles of prejudice
FEED us
You love everyone regardless of
Race
Faith
Gender or
Who we love and embrace
FEED us
Let your light break forth like the dawn,
and your healing gravy flow
FEED us
We cry
You are with us
Break the chaotic chains of injustice
Untie the cords of persecution
Set the oppressed free
and break the shackles of prejudice
FEED us
We lay our anger and pain on your alter.
We seek your light in the darkness
Lord guide us – always
Sharing our food with the hungry
and the poor with shelter—
We clothe our naked brothers and sisters
Loving everyone the way you love us
regardless of
Race
Gender
Faith and
Who they love and embrace.
Wrapped in your love, we give Thanksgiving for feeding us your comfort and grace.
Amen
17 Prayers to Election Day: Welfare
Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” Jeremiah 29:7
Lord Almighty Our God,
We are in exile.
We are refugees in this world – outcasts.
What do you say to the people you carried into exile?
“Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have children; give your children in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.
Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
Promote welfare.
We are immigrants in this fallen world.
We sin.
Shine your light into our darkness.
Inspire our hearts to weep kindness for migrants.
Let’s shout concern for their welfare.
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