Sunday, 06/12/11

Scenes from the day:

Dear God

Your will is that we may be one.

We thank you that you call us into communion

with You and with each other.

Your generosity and mercy are always

taking us by surprise.

We bless you for the vision of

inclusion, solidarity and compassion

which breaks us open, widens our sympathies

and enlarges our hearts.

We commend into Your gracious care

all those whom it would be easy to forget - -

the homeless and the hungry,

the addicted and the lost

abandoned souls and hurting children.

We thank you for the imagination and generosity

of those who minister

in the name of love and compassion

to those who are most in need.

Let us together

seek to serve the needy, the rejected and the forgotten.

Confront our indifference,

challenge our boundaries, surprise us with joy.

Dear Christ,

look upon us in this suffering and glorious world

and keep our sympathy and pity fresh

and our faces heavenward

lest we grow hard.

Amen

Rev Alan Jones