Tag: prayer

  • Insignificant God

    A prayer for Tuesday in Holy Week

    Mysterious, pervasive and persuasive God,
    ever present in our lives,
    yet seemingly insignificant and ineffectual.
    Underwhelming when we want to be impressed,
    inexplicable when we seek the answers to life’s questions,
    your foolishness is wiser than our best wisdom
    and your vulnerability disarms our bravado.
    Teach us how to follow and serve your Christ,
    to surrender ourselves into your purposes
    like a grain of wheat that falls into the earth,
    dies,
    and bears much fruit. Amen.

     © 2012 Gregory C. Jenks
  • Blessed are those who hunger and thirst

    A prayer for the Third Sunday of Lent (Year C)

    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they will be filled.

    Living Lord, you spread a table before us,
    and draw water for us from the well of salvation.
    Give us the passion to embrace your invitation,
    to respond whole-heartedly to your summons,
    and to enter deeply into the waters of repentance.

    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they will be filled.          Amen.
                                                     [Matt 5:6]

    © 2012 Gregory C. Jenks
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