The weekend is here, and we are finishing our reflections that have been based primarily on the Gospel accounts after Jesus’ resurrection. What are the implications for us as disciples in the 21st Century?
I invite you to reflect during the day on the Lord’s Prayer and what it means to you, a disciple of a Risen Lord. Use the version of the prayer most dear to your heart and language, or, to mix things up a bit, use the version from the New Zealand Prayer Book:
Eternal Spirit, Earth-Maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all.
Loving God, in whom is heaven.
The hallowing of your name echoes through the universe!
The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the earth!
Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!
Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth. With the bread we need for today, feed us.
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.
In times of temptation and test, spare us.
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever.
Amen.
O God, You Sent Us Jesus Christ
O God, you sent us Jesus Christ
who offered up a sacrifice;
that sacrifice he came to give
was his own life — that we might live.
Your people used to gladly tell
of great high priests who served you well:
Melchizadek and Aaron, too,
were known for gladly serving you.
Yet Christ our Lord was greater still;
in every way he sought your will.
He knew your way and heard your call
to give his life, a gift for all.
Christ saw the trouble we were in
and came to save us from our sin.
With tears and cries, he offered prayer,
then died for people everywhere.
He gave his life to save the rest,
and through his gift we’ve all been blessed.
May we, who see what he has done,
now live to serve your risen Son.
Biblical Reference: Hebrews 5:5-10
Tune: Robert Schumann, 1839 (“Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak”)
Text: Copyright © 2015 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
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